Strong Wine, the third instalment of A.J. Demas’ wonderful alt-ancient-world-set Sword Dance trilogy, begins around a month after the end of Saffron Alley. At the end of that book, former soldier Damiskos Temnon decided he wasn’t going to return to Pheme at the end of his week in Boukos; instead, he’s officially resigned his post…
Having thoroughly enjoyed A.J. Demas’ Sword Dance when I read it for a TBR Challenge prompt recently, I quickly picked up book two, Saffron Alley, which provides a change of pace and focus in that it’s centred far more on Varazda’s domestic life and the growth of his relationship with Damiskos than on a mystery….
A.J. Demas’ Sword Dance is the first book in a trilogy set in an imaginary/alternate ancient world that reads rather like Ancient Greece, so I thought it would be a good fit for this month’s “unusual historical” prompt. There’s mystery and a slow-burn romance, lots of wry humour and a superbly realised setting to enjoy,…
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