I first read this when I was 17 or 18 and was blown away by the reveal at the end. I had picked up the odd phrasing when Elethiomel sent Cheradanine the Chair but didn't realise what it meant. I found that a more powerful scene when I read it again a few years later, knowing the truth.
Favourite scene: when the drone gives Cheradanine the hat.
Thing I got when I re-read it: all the childhood stuff and what happened to Elethiomel's father. And why Darckense went to him to try and reason with him.
Culture notes: probably the best book about the world of Contact/SC.
Favourite scene: when the drone gives Cheradanine the hat.
Thing I got when I re-read it: all the childhood stuff and what happened to Elethiomel's father. And why Darckense went to him to try and reason with him.
Culture notes: probably the best book about the world of Contact/SC.
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