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Aug 16, 2015 rated it really liked it
More epic adventure on the steppes of Asia circa 1600 AD. The focus this time moves from Khlit (who was already old when he first rode onto the page) to Ayub, who's a really big guy, and Khlit's grandson Kirdy, but Khlit himself does make an appearance in some of the stories.

As always, Lamb excels not just at writing adventure, but at imbuing his fiction with a remarkable sense of place through use of well-chosen detail.

The highlight of the book is probably "The White Falcon", which follows a gr
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