Lois McMaster Bujold
They haven't been invented. Or not yet.
Widespread knowledge of the chemistry of fireworks is a necessary precursor, and not the only one. The population density is still relatively low. And guns wouldn't work on malices anyway.
To clarify another often-missed point, the world of The Sharing Knife is not a descendant of our own.
Ta, L.
Widespread knowledge of the chemistry of fireworks is a necessary precursor, and not the only one. The population density is still relatively low. And guns wouldn't work on malices anyway.
To clarify another often-missed point, the world of The Sharing Knife is not a descendant of our own.
Ta, L.
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