ساعت هشت‌پا (دی‌شای، جلد ۲)

Amazon.com Review Sequel to D'Shai, this story doesn't rely too heavily on what's gone before and can be read alone. Kami Dan'Shir, a social climber in a rigidly stratified society, has creatively promoted himself from Acrobat to Discoverer-of-Truths, from peasant to bourgeois. Alas, the privileges of class bring with them duties, and Kami must demonstrate both his social skills and his ability to solve puzzles when he travels to a wedding and a murder interrupts. From In the sequel to the excellent D'Shai (1991), former acrobat Kami Khuzud is now a bourgeois and founder of the profession of Dan'Shir--i.e., a detective. His skills must be turned to the complicated task of unraveling plots and eventually murders intended to prevent a marital alliance valuable to his employer's house. He succeeds in maneuvering his way through noblemen's intrigues, consuming quite a number of vividly described meals, being seduced by the intended bride, and finally being somewhat reluctantly elevated to the nobility for coming up with a believable (if not completely true) solution. There is a flavor to D'Shai as a world and to Kami and his associates as characters that sets both books apart from, indeed above, much other fantasy. Like its predecessor, this yarn is highly recommended and an enhancement to Rosenberg's reputation. Roland Green On the eve of a grand royal wedding, a nobleman is killed with a hunting arrow. The priceless tapestries of the bridal keep are stained with blood. And the fatal arrow bears the mark of the prime suspect--the bridegroom himself. Only one person can solve such a crime. A man named Kami, who defied the Fifty-Two Ways of D'Shai... by creating a Fifty-Third profession. The ancient world of D'Shai would call him Discoverer-of-Truth. Today, we would call him one hell of a detective. In A World Of Magic And Mystery, The Peasant Kami Defied Centuries Of Tradition To Create A Totally New Profession: Detective. Now He's Known As Discoverer-of-truth . . . And Taking On The Ancient Art Of Murder Is His Specialty. On The Eve Of A Royal Wedding, A Nobleman Is Killed With An Arrow Belonging To The Groom. In an ancient world of magic and mystery, Kami, the Discoverer-of-Truth, must use his detective skills to investigate the murder of a nobleman on the eve of a royal wedding, a crime in which the bridegroom becomes the prime suspect Kami defies the Fifty-Two Ways of D'Shai and creates a fifty-third way, detective. This case involves a murder on the eve of a royal wedding involving the bridegroom