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This isn’t just one novel: it’s seven. One downside is the extremely tiny font.
I’ve only finished the first, The Snow of the Admiral, a slow burn.
Marqoll the Gaviero (the Lookout) is not only an adventurer; he’s an existential philosopher.
The prose style is ponderous; it flows slowly. I am hesitant to make this comparison, but he reminds me of Thomas Mann.
It may take me a year to read this.
— Aug 12, 2026 10:34AM
I’ve only finished the first, The Snow of the Admiral, a slow burn.
Marqoll the Gaviero (the Lookout) is not only an adventurer; he’s an existential philosopher.
The prose style is ponderous; it flows slowly. I am hesitant to make this comparison, but he reminds me of Thomas Mann.
It may take me a year to read this.
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