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Mightier Than the Sword Kindle Edition

by Mike Chinakos (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.3 out of 5 stars 202 ratings
In Mightier Than the Sword, Mike Chinakos brings the tales of two writers, finding that reality is often stranger than the fiction they write.

In Pen of Black Dreams: A writer's obsession with an old pen takes him places he could never imagine.

In Last Call For the Right Call: A struggling Hollywood writer searches for his soul and finds more than he bargained for.

Two writers, caught in a nightmare. Two men learning that the pen is indeed mightier than the sword.
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  1. Print length
    40 pages
  2. Language
    English
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  4. Publication date
    February 8, 2012
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    153 KB
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An Imperial legate is called into see his aunt, who just happens to be the empress running the civilized world while her husband s in his sick bed. After some chastisement, she dispatches her nephew to take care of the dreaded Land and Sea Raiders, pirates who ve been attacking the realm s monasteries.So begins a possibly doomed tour of banished relatives and uppity royals put in charge of monasteries like Cort Doce and Cort Malestan, to name a few. While attempting to discover the truth of what the pirates might be after, the legate visits great libraries and halls in each varied locale and conducts a romance of which he knows but doesn t care his aunt will not approve.With enough wit and derring-do (and luck), the narrator might just make it through his mission alive...or will he? World Fantasy Award winner K. J. Parker s newest novella "Mightier than the Sword" presents itself as a translated oddity of a document called "Concerning the Monasteries." But in true Parker style, this novella is instead a sprightly, riveting tale that reveals secret upon secret, building to an ending at once perfect and perfectly unpredictable.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0077D6LAQ
  • Accessibility ‏ : ‎ Learn more
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ February 8, 2012
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 153 KB
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 40 pages
  • Page Flip ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.3 out of 5 stars 202 ratings

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Customers find the book enjoyable, with one mentioning it's readable in one evening. The protagonist is self-deprecatingly likable.

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8 customers mention "Enjoyment"8 positive0 negative

Customers find the book enjoyable and occasionally amusing, with one mentioning moments of laughter.

"...Total enjoyment. Now I have to read more Parker." Read more

"Parker's work offers a coherent, interesting, and mildly exotic world. He tells his stories at a leisurely pace filled with detail...." Read more

"This is hilarious. Like reading the thoughts of a Roman emperor who is also an unconscious comic with terrific powers of introspection...." Read more

"A quick read, enjoyable. Needs more character development, more depth of plot. But then it would probably be longer...." Read more

6 customers mention "Pacing"6 positive0 negative

Customers praise the book's pacing, with one noting it's readable in one evening and another describing it as a well-crafted novella.

"...Great characters one right after another and readable in one evening. Total enjoyment. Now I have to read more Parker." Read more

"Parker's work offers a coherent, interesting, and mildly exotic world. He tells his stories at a leisurely pace filled with detail...." Read more

"Very well done. A believable fantasy kingdom and an engaging hero. What's not to like." Read more

"A quick read, enjoyable. Needs more character development, more depth of plot. But then it would probably be longer...." Read more

3 customers mention "Likability"3 positive0 negative

Customers find the protagonist self-deprecatingly likable.

"Just a complete gem. Great characters one right after another and readable in one evening. Total enjoyment. Now I have to read more Parker." Read more

"Very well done. A believable fantasy kingdom and an engaging hero. What's not to like." Read more

"An engaging, self deprecatingly likable protagonist set in a world with a rich backstory with which the narrator assumes you're already familiar...." Read more

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  • dbulow
    5.0 out of 5 stars Mighty unto itself
    Reviewed in the United States on July 27, 2017
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    Just a complete gem. Great characters one right after another and readable in one evening. Total enjoyment. Now I have to read more Parker.
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  • Jan Reber
    4.0 out of 5 stars Clever but flawed
    Reviewed in the United States on July 14, 2017
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    Parker's work offers a coherent, interesting, and mildly exotic world. He tells his stories at a leisurely pace filled with detail. The fictional world Parker creates offers useful acerbic insights into our own culture. His narative voice is acerbic, tart, jaded, cynical, sometimes swarmy, and that is what makes his fiction worth at most four stars. All his narrators and many of his other characters "sound" alike. The use of modern American idiom and relentless tart turn of phrase limits the emotional engagement of the reader and keeps the reader from being enveloped in Parker's fictional world. If you read enough Parker you will probably conclude that the narrative voice overwhelmingly reflects Parker's own whimsy and is not a wellcrafted fictional persona. He has never been able to recreate the mastery of his Engineer Trilogy with its sustained revenge plot, intricate world, and engaging narrative voice.
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  • Amazon Customer
    5.0 out of 5 stars Best thing I've read in ages
    Reviewed in the United States on July 26, 2017
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    This is hilarious. Like reading the thoughts of a Roman emperor who is also an unconscious comic with terrific powers of introspection. Plus there's a good little mystery to solve.
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  • BVT49
    3.0 out of 5 stars Parker gets real repetitive after a couple of volumes
    Reviewed in the United States on March 27, 2018
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    Parker gets real repetitive after a couple of volumes
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  • Edward H Williams
    5.0 out of 5 stars Fun Read
    Reviewed in the United States on August 5, 2017
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    Very well done. A believable fantasy kingdom and an engaging hero. What's not to like.
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  • Scott W. Burger
    4.0 out of 5 stars Well written, engaging.
    Reviewed in the United States on June 22, 2018
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    A quick read, enjoyable. Needs more character development, more depth of plot. But then it would probably be longer. I will read more by this author.
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  • David
    5.0 out of 5 stars Delightful story
    Reviewed in the United States on July 26, 2017
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    This was a very fun book to read. I pretty much read it all in one sitting and enjoyed every minute of it
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  • R. Skinner
    4.0 out of 5 stars Solid character development
    Reviewed in the United States on September 9, 2017
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    An engaging, self deprecatingly likable protagonist set in a world with a rich backstory with which the narrator assumes you're already familiar. The literary device works well in this well crafted novella.
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