The Folding Knife - K.J. Parker • BookLikes (ISBN:B0035IICZO)

The Folding Knife

by: K.J. Parker (author)

Basso the Magnificent. Basso the Great. Basso the Wise. The First Citizen of the Vesani Republic is an extraordinary man. He is ruthless, cunning, and above all, lucky. He brings wealth, power and prestige to his people. But with power comes unwanted attention, and Basso must defend his nation and himself from threats foreign and domestic. In a lifetime of crucial decisions, he's only ever made one mistake.One mistake, though, can be enough.

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Format: kindle

ASIN: B0035IICZO

Publish date: February 22nd 2010

Publisher: Orbit

Pages no: 464

Edition language: English

Category:

Fantasy, Science Fiction Fantasy, Science Fiction, Epic Fantasy, Epic, High Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Alternate History, Dark Fantasy, Fiction, Historical

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Musings/Träumereien/Devaneios rated it

10 years ago

http://antao.booklikes.com Musings/Träumereien/Devaneios 4.5 "The Folding Knife" by K.J. Parker

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Open letter to K.J. Parker: Parker, are you male or female? Are you human or alien? Does anyone really care? I surely don’t! K.J. Parker, you son/daughter of a gun! I’ve been following your career since the beginning, and I still know nothing more of you than your fiction reveals. Though I know ...

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tenaciousreader rated it

11 years ago

http://tenaciousreader.booklikes.com tenaciousreader 5.0

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http://www.tenaciousreader.com/2013/09/07/the-folding-knife-by-k-j-parker/Loved this book! Basso is fascinating, loved the politics. Very much a book that relates easily to the real world, and one that I think people should read. Ill definitely be reading more by Parker.

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XLeptodactylous rated it

13 years ago

http://XLeptodactylous.booklikes.com XLeptodactylous 0.0 The Folding Knife

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Yes, but Kindle.

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Pauline's Fantasy Reviews rated it

14 years ago

http://PaulineMRoss.booklikes.com Pauline's Fantasy Reviews 4.0 The Folding Knife

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I loved this book. I had no expectations going in, and had never read anything by this author before, but it was mentioned as a good fantasy book, I sampled it on the Kindle, and liked it, although it's totally unlike anything I've ever read before. It is a slow book to get into, but there came a po...

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