At the end of the Captain Flandry series, Volume III, A Knight Of Ghosts And Shadows, Flandry had intended not only to marry Kossara Vymezal but also to settle down with her on her home planet, Dennitza. However, Kossara has been martyred. Nevertheless, Flandry's new plan to return home surprises Kossara's uncle, the Gospodar of Dennitza, Bodin Miyatovich:
"'Go back to Terra?... In God's name, why?'"
-Poul Anderson, A Knight Of Ghosts And Shadows IN Anderson, Sir Dominic Flandry: The Last Knight Of Terra (Riverdale, NY, March 2012), pp. 339-606 AT XX, p. 604.
Flandry watches the bombardment of Chereion before replying:
"'I have my own people.'" (ibid., p. 605)
There ends the narrative although it is followed by a prayer of thanksgiving for Gospodar Bodin. But what happens to Flandry after he has returned home? Indeed, as we would want, there is a sequel.
1 comment:
Kaor, Paul!
I think Flandry was realizing that for all their faults Terra and its residents was his true home and people. Kossara herself had expected to move to Terra after marrying Flandry.
Ad astra! Sean
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