2020/102: By Force Alone -- Lavie Tidhar
2020/102: By Force Alone -- Lavie Tidhar
In which Tidhar tackles the Matter of Britain with glee, anachronism and a mashup sensibility. The setting is Britain in the 6th century, the protagonists a set of chancers and hard men scraping a living amid the ruins of Roman occupation.( no spoilers )
Morgan laughs. ‘I keep forgetting you’re half-human, Merlin. You’re always so invested. Haven’t you got it yet? The game’s the game! Let men war and murder for king and throne. But the land’s ours. Their souls are ours. Men come and go but we remain.’
‘By what right, Morgan?’
She laughs openly in his face. ‘No right,’ she says softly. ‘By force alone.’ [loc. 2550]
In which Tidhar tackles the Matter of Britain with glee, anachronism and a mashup sensibility. The setting is Britain in the 6th century, the protagonists a set of chancers and hard men scraping a living amid the ruins of Roman occupation.( no spoilers )