Re: The Serpent, David Drake

In article <varf6u$biqu$1@dont-email.me>,
 Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:

On 8/29/2024 7:56 PM, Joy Beeson wrote:

 
 
Tuesday, 20 August 2024
 
I finished _The Serpent_ today, when I should have been preparing
supper.
 
The artifact with the serpent on it turned out to have nothing to do
with serpents, and I didn't see any anywhere else.
 
And it had very little to do with the plot, though it *was* very
valuable.
 
For that matter, there was no overall plot, just a bunch of
interlocking incidents.  Which miraculously end with Pal still alive.
 
It's a pity that there will be no more incidents.

 
Was this David Drake's last book ?  If so, then he was probably in the
grasp of his disease while writing it.
 

Yes, it was. BTW, it was significantly shorter than the two earlier
titles in that series.

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