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Winner · World Fantasy Awards 2007

Soldier of Sidon

by Gene Wolfe

2006 novel by Gene Wolfe

"Latro forgets everything when he sleeps. Writing down his experiences every day and reading his journal anew each morning gives him a poignantly tenuous hold on himself, but his story's hold on readers is powerful indeed. The two previous novels, combined in Latro in the Mist (Soldier of the Mist and Soldier of Arete), are generally considered classics of contemporary fantasy. At last we have a new book." "Latro now finds himself in Egypt, a land of singing girls, of spiteful and conniving deities, of mysterious dangers. Without his memory, he is unsure of everything, except for his desire to be free of the curse that causes him to forget." "The visions Gene Wolfe conjures of the wonders of Egypt and of the adventures of Latro as he and his companions journey south up the great Nile into unknown and legendary territory are truly unique and compelling."--BOOK JACKET.

Synopsis from Open Library.

Language
English
Genre
fantasy
Pages
320
ISBN
9780765316646
Subjects
Fiction, Latro (Fictitious character), Soldiers, History, Fantasy fiction, Historical fiction, Fiction, fantasy, historical, Egypt, fiction

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