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Tigana
A Fantasy Novel by Guy Gavriel Kay
Subgenres & Tropes:
- Epic Fantasy,
- Political Intrigue,
- Reluctant Hero,
- Enemies to Lovers
This book is for you if you're into...
- Fantasy epics where even the land's name is stolen by magic
- Reluctant heroes tangled in rebellion and heartbreak
- Stories exploring the cost of memory, identity, and sacrifice
From Little Stack
Tigana stands as one of Guy Gavriel Kay’s most beautiful and enchanting stories, and just so happens to have more than a few reluctant heroes.
Devin d’Asoli is a musician, not a fighter, who accidentally gets swept up in Prince Alessan’s rebellion. Prince Alessan himself is reluctant to launch his rebellion because he’s burdened by the tragedy of duty, weary of being the only one to remember the name of his destroyed home. Dianora hates the evil Brandin for destroying her home, yet she’s fallen in love with him and is reluctant to do anything that might threaten their relationship. Catriana is reluctant to join in Alessan’s schemes, but ultimately realizes that sacrifice is required because it is the only way to do what must be done. A wonderful story from start to finish, with the reluctant hero trope done beautifully in many different forms.
A masterful epic of magic, politics, war, and the power of love and hate—from the renowned author of The Fionavar Tapestry and Children of Earth and Sky.
Tigana is the magical story of a beleaguered land struggling to be free. It is the tale of a people so cursed by the black sorcery of a cruel despotic king that even the name of their once-beautiful homeland cannot be spoken or remembered...
But years after the devastation, a handful of courageous men and women embark upon a dangerous crusade to overthrow their conquerors and bring back to the dark world the brilliance of a long-lost name...Tigana.
Against the magnificently rendered background of a world both sensuous and barbaric, this sweeping epic of a passionate people pursuing their dream is breathtaking in its vision, changing forever the boundaries of fantasy fiction.
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