I have a whole lot of metaphysical questions! Will this book answer them?
I suspect not! I did also have questions (not least what do people eat) but there is rather a lot going on. Most of the reincarnation bits relate to the rulers - as the book starts the augurs are searching for the reincarnation of the recently deceased emperor, which will then be brought to the palace to live out a peaceful existence with the other reincarnations if not human and presumably totally muck up the line of succession if human.
One of the neighboring countries thinks all the Becarians are nuts for racing kehoks rather than exterminating them (presumably casting their souls into eternal darkness?), which I did like as a detail.
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Date: 2021-11-20 04:46 am (UTC)I suspect not! I did also have questions (not least what do people eat) but there is rather a lot going on. Most of the reincarnation bits relate to the rulers - as the book starts the augurs are searching for the reincarnation of the recently deceased emperor, which will then be brought to the palace to live out a peaceful existence with the other reincarnations if not human and presumably totally muck up the line of succession if human.
One of the neighboring countries thinks all the Becarians are nuts for racing kehoks rather than exterminating them (presumably casting their souls into eternal darkness?), which I did like as a detail.