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Acclaimed Inda series within Sherwood Smith's epic fantasy Sartorias-deles universe * Military fantasy woven with courtly politics, vast worldbuilding, and diverse characters

Indevan-Dal is the second son of the Prince and Princess of Choraed Elgaer, destined to become his elder brother Tanrid's Shield Arm-his military champion. Like all second sons,…

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I'm rereading this series now. The style is a bit different from what I'm normally used to (limited third person; this one bops around from one PoV to another). The focus is on the titular character, an unassuming boy of high rank with extraordinary potential in military strategy and leadership. But he's also a victim of political intrigue among different factions and princedoms with their own amibitous as well as hereditary feuds. The culture is an interesting one - dominant, warlike, but backwards in certain ways and aware of it. It has its own habits and tics, as it were,…

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