The Dubious Hills
Centuries after a group of warring wizards eliminate war from the Dubious Hills, the Hills are a place where knowledge and ability are parcelled out in strange ways. Only the group known as the Akoumi understand death, only the Gnosi know how to teach, and only the Physici can know pain. Dean...
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Centuries after a group of warring wizards eliminate war from the Dubious Hills, the Hills are a place where knowledge and ability are parcelled out in strange ways. Only the group known as the Akoumi understand death, only the Gnosi know how to teach, and only the Physici can know pain. Dean weaves a strange and compelling examination of knowledge, responsiblity and death.
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Format: mass market paperback
ISBN:
9780812523621 (0812523628)
Publish date: March 15th 1995
Publisher: Tor Books
Pages no: 320
Edition language: English
The bookshelves of young fantasy are overcrowded, with increasingly fierce competition, but The Secret Country deserves a far better place than it currently has. I remember when I last reread the trilogy, the name "The Dubious Hills" cracked me up. It was such a deliberate naming and went along with...
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