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The Valley of Thorns (The Labors of Ki'shto'ba Huge-Head, #3)

Lorinda J. Taylor

Why we're reading this: This book includes the language of the Shshi, a species of intelligent, extraterrestrial termites.
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Jan 26, 2015 Adam Walker rated it it was amazing

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This third installment in the Labors of Ki'Shto'ba Huge Head series continues withe the Herculean epic motif, but like the previous volume, which added in elements of the Beowulf, this volume adds elements of the Medieval French poem, the Song of Roland. Ms. Taylor, once again pulls off a wonderfully entertaining tale, blending elements of two Human stories which have endured for centuries while transposing and transmuting them into a form completely suited to her extraterrestrial termite heroes ...more

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