After a vacation to recuperate from a crippling attack of boredom. we will be Picking back up with Conan The Uneventful..err The Outcast.. were we left him.. in exactly the same place he has been for 100 pages..the world knows what he will do now.. but I suspect exactly the same thing he's been doing for 100 pages... nothing.
Conan is teaching the local gutter snipes to fish the ready creek that he has been camped near for days. But soon has to babysit the whole herd of them when the city is attacked. He then proceeds to help out about town fending off the attacking nomads, its an awfully civilized thing for him to do. This gains him some prestige with the populous.. but nothing but a disdainful look from Guardian Zaius. For his gallantry Zaius earns special blessings of church and state, and to Conan too is honour bestowed. He receives as his reward a kiss from the Princess, and as result is forced into a duel with Zaius.
Before this happens however, the King and Queen of Qjara ride out to meet the coming mission of King Anaximander of Sark who has come to discuss matters of kingly import. Philosophical debates ensue, and a proposal to marry the two city-states faiths is batted about, then the two rulers embark on a field trip to the desert. Its while on this trip that Anaximander is alerted to the progress of priest Khumanos in fulfilling his designs.
The Princess and Conan converse for some time, dwelling on her proof of her prophetic powers.. in the end she beseeches Conan not to fight Zaius, for he will surly lose.
3 comments:
heh-whats it say if I can't remember if I have read this one? I think I have (read almost all the pastiches) but none of this even sounds familiar.
I hate to admit it, as much as I bitched and moaned about the Steve perry ones.. At least something happened in them.. This is nearly as bad as the 8-10th Wheel of Time books for nothing happening..
and to think, Mr. Carpenter wrote nearly a quarter of all the Tor's... This blog seemed like a good idea back in February when I started it.. but I'm already having second thoughts... I just hadn't dreamed how bad some of these were going to be..
Also, Congratulations.. I think you are the first person to actually write a comment on here.
You're welcome, I have been reading for awhile now-just missed commenting. I applaud your efforts.
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