Dzenko, whom Charlie has helped to power, turns out to be a worse tyrant than the deposed Olaghi. No big surprise.
The fifth Feat seems impossible: to emerge alive from a tidally inundated Grotto. The fjord is a "roost," (p. 169) in the sense of a tidal race.
Outraged by Dzenko's tyranny, Charlie ends Chapter 15 by announcing that he will fulfill the Prophecy to claim his throne. Is this foolhardiness or a moment of realization - the realization being a way to survive the flooding of the Grotto?
Needless to say, I have no intention of finding out at this time of night. This late, I should switch off the computer and turn to other reading.
1 comment:
Kaor, Paul!
I think writers as careful as Anderson and Dickson would have preferred their readers to believe this was a "moment of realization" on Charlie's part.
And for plot purposes, Dzenko HAD to be a would be tyrant rather than a moderately ambitious politician.
Sean
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