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Alyx, her personal history, and her adventures all stubbornly refuse to be pigeonholed. She is not the stereotype of a sword-and-sorcery hero and not that stereotype's inversion, and her history before and during the stories doesn't seem to make conventional sense.
Each story challenges the reader to figure out its rules, which may not apply to the next story in the series. Each one presents a subtly altered Alyx which may not mesh with the one before. ...more
Each story challenges the reader to figure out its rules, which may not apply to the next story in the series. Each one presents a subtly altered Alyx which may not mesh with the one before. ...more
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