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Ghost Sword
A young warrior in Heian Japan is given the chance for vengeance, using a mysterious ghostly sword, after he and his brothers are slain protecting his father's land. But as a ghost he finds that revenge is not the solution he expects, and that, with the help of a woman with sufferings of her own, there is a better way.
41 pages, Kindle Edition
First published November 14, 2009
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Kara Dalkey
44 books90 followersKara Mia Dalkey is an American author of young adult fiction and historical fantasy. She was born in Los Angeles and has lived in Minneapolis, Pittsburgh, Colorado, and Seattle. Much of her fiction is set in the Heian period of Japan.
She was married to author John Barnes; they divorced in 2001. She is a member of the Pre-Joycean Fellowship and of the Scribblies. She is a graduate of the Fashion Institute of Design and Marketing in Los Angeles.
She is also a musician and has gigged extensively on electric bass (which she plays left-handed) and harmony vocals, with such bands as Runestone, the Albany Free Traders, and Nate Bucklin and the Ensemble (in Minnesota) and Relic and Voodoo Blue (in Seattle.) At different times she has also played drums, banjo and acoustic guitar. She is a songwriter, but her total output is low, and consequently no CD or other album is presently in the works.
She was married to author John Barnes; they divorced in 2001. She is a member of the Pre-Joycean Fellowship and of the Scribblies. She is a graduate of the Fashion Institute of Design and Marketing in Los Angeles.
She is also a musician and has gigged extensively on electric bass (which she plays left-handed) and harmony vocals, with such bands as Runestone, the Albany Free Traders, and Nate Bucklin and the Ensemble (in Minnesota) and Relic and Voodoo Blue (in Seattle.) At different times she has also played drums, banjo and acoustic guitar. She is a songwriter, but her total output is low, and consequently no CD or other album is presently in the works.
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January 29, 2019
FYI this is a short story, which I don't think the blurb here makes clear.
To be honest I think the opening is a bit weak, and the prose not on par with some of Dalkey's other work, but I'm a sucker for Heian Japan, and I feel it picks up once he meets Seishi, so I'd call it a 3.5 star. Since GR won't let me give 3.5 and I'm the first review I'll round up.
To be honest I think the opening is a bit weak, and the prose not on par with some of Dalkey's other work, but I'm a sucker for Heian Japan, and I feel it picks up once he meets Seishi, so I'd call it a 3.5 star. Since GR won't let me give 3.5 and I'm the first review I'll round up.
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