His problems begin when he agrees to be the master of a caravan from the inland city of Troon to the seaside city of Salesh. Now he has wearied of his work and is trying to retire in another country, to live an honest life in obscurity in spite of all those who have sworn to kill him. They are a race given to blood feuds, and Smith was formerly an extremely successful assassin. It is the tale of Smith, of the large extended family of Smiths, of the Children of the Sun. "The Anvil of the World "is her first fantasy novel, a journey across a fantastic landscape filled with bizarre creatures, human and otherwise. So has her talent for clever dialogue, and pointed social commentary with a light touch. Kage Baker's stories and novels of the mysterious organization that controls time travel, The Company, have made her famous in SF.
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