Book 2012
The scar
4.02 8 readers shelved it
- Publisher
- Tor
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012
- Fiction
- Voyages and travels
- Scars
- Dueling
- Blessing and cursing
- Fiction, fantasy, epic
- Fiction, fantasy, general
Reaching far beyond sword and sorcery, The Scar is a story of two people torn by disaster, their descent into despair, and their reemergence through love and courage.
Egert is a brash, confident member of the elite guards and an egotistical philanderer. But after he kills an innocent student in a duel, a mysterious man known as "The Wanderer" challenges Egert and slashes his face with his sword, leaving Egert with a terrible scar – and a curse of cowardice. Egert embarks on an odyssey to undo the blight, and his painful journey leads him down a dangerous path.
Stylistically reminiscent of Robin Hobb, and with a haunting and ominous imagination similar to a Michael Moorcock's, The Scar tells a story that cannot be forgotten.