Soldier of the Mist
Ratings11
Average rating3.7
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Ratings11
Average rating3.7
The first volume of Gene Wolfe's powerful story of Latro, a Roman mercenary who received a head injury that deprived him of his short-term memory. In return it gave him the ability to converse with supernatural creatures, gods and goddesses who invisibly inhabit the ancient landscape. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
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3 primary books4 released booksLatro is a 3-book series with 3 primary works first released in 1986 with contributions by Gene Wolfe and Albert Solé.
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DNF at just over 50%. I have a feeling this might have been due to the audiobook but I struggled to get involved in this story. The subject may have some academic interest, but the telling of the story feels disjointed. If the book comes out on kindle in this market, I might be tempted to give it another go, but there was nothing to entice me back to the audiobook.
I'm a big fan of Wolfe's other work, and I get what he was doing here, but it was a hard slog to follow what was going on. Definitely interesting, but not exactly enjoyable.
If you're a massive Ancient Greece nerd, you'll probably love it. If not, enh.
The first of his books that I read. And the concept a lone hooked me on his writings.
