Helm
by:
Steven Gould (author)
Set on a distant colony planet which has fallen into a new dark age, "Helm" is the tale of Leland de Laal, the youngest son of a great lord who dares to wear the forbidden Glass Helm--an ancient device filled with the Earth's precious lost wisdom. But that knowledge has a terrible price .
Set on a distant colony planet which has fallen into a new dark age, "Helm" is the tale of Leland de Laal, the youngest son of a great lord who dares to wear the forbidden Glass Helm--an ancient device filled with the Earth's precious lost wisdom. But that knowledge has a terrible price .
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780312864606 (0312864604)
Publish date: April 1998
Publisher: Tor Books
Pages no: 382
Edition language: English
It was okay. It was recommended to me as a post-apocalyptic book which was, but only in the loosest sense. The feudal society was interesting but there was way too much focus on Aikido. It was almost like a religion. Gould used a lot of technical terms that I'm sure would be familiar to practitio...