Richard Adams · duology
Beklan Empire books in order
A two-volume fantasy sequence set in the imagined Beklan Empire.
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- 1 Shardik
Book 1 · novel · 1974
"Shardik is a powerful work, dipping deep into old forms-allegory, epic, myth-resonating in the caverns of the readers' unconscious . . . It is an exciting story, the adventures compelling." (Los Angeles Times) "Grips with suspense,…
- 2 Maia
Book 2 · novel · 1984
Sold into slavery to the dealer Lalloc by her mother when her stepfather seduces her, the beautiful 15-year-old Maia is almost raped by Genshed, one of Lalloc's employees but is saved by Occula, a black slave girl. With no-one but Occula…
