Henry Lyon Oldie "The Way of the Sword"

Kabir Emirate - almost utopian state. The people of Kabir abandoned murder and violence many years ago. Cold weapons in this state are erected in the cult, but it is used only for bloodless duels, in which the inhabitants of Kabir honed the mastery of sword ownership.

But in reality everything is not as it seems at first glance. The true masters of Kabir consider himself ... steel arms!! In the world of Kabir, swords, swords and daggers are endowed with intelligence and are able to communicate with each other. They call themselves Shining, their people - attachments, and bloodless fights - Conversations.

The peaceful life of the Shining Kabir and their Pridatkov -or the lives of people and their weapons? - violated by murders, which the Emirate of the Kabir has not seen for many years. The man Chen Ankor of the Ankor clan of Weiks and the Glittering Tribute to Gyen, nicknamed the Meilan Unicorn, will have to find a common language in order to put an end to the violence together. Now they have one way for two - the Way of the Sword ...

The "path of the sword" is included in the so-called «The Kabirsky cycle». This cycle also includes the story "Give them to die", which is a continuation of the "Way of the sword", and the novel "I'll take it myself", describing the background of the events described in the "Way of the sword".

The novel "The Way of the Sword" is multi-layered, it opens before the reader gradually, like the fragrance of expensive spirits. Start note - the unique atmosphere of Kabir: the eastern color of the descriptions and speeches of the characters is subtly shaded by the Qasids of the authorship of Oleg Ladyzhensky:

"I will not repay the Creator with blasphemy for past deeds,

He writes with blood and gold my reed kalam,

It was kind and evil - only I remember the fallen city,

Where my horse stumbled in the wall break about the body ... "

Heart note - The plot and narrative. We can see the events through the eyes of two characters: the man and his sword, the Shining and his Pridatka, which gradually merge into one. The line between man and arms is erased, connecting the world of people and the world of the Shining. The plot of the novel captures the reader, and we rejoice and sad with Chan and the Unicorn, worry for them, to the last page not guessing whether Kabir is destined to be saved or immersed in the abyss of violence?

The final, basic note - these are the questions posed by the authors,and over which we reflect even after the last page of the book was turned over. Is the world possible without killing and violence? Is it permissible to teach a person to kill so that he can defend himself? How justified is the fight against violence through violence?

"The Way of the Sword" is an atmospheric book with a deep subtext, calculated primarily on the thoughtful reader, able to see the essence behind the flowery phrases and oriental color.

Quotations from the book

"When you love, you can not tell what you love. And if it is possible, then it is no longer love! "

"And now ... now we are able to kill. And we know how not to kill. We are not omnipotent, and our forces have a limit, but we are able to choose, and it's not a matter of craft and art, not of life and death, but of a choice that is ours and only ours.

In free choice. "

"I was having a dream. Ask - about what? I will answer - about anything.

I was having a dream. I was a sword. I was then a sword.

I was a road and a horse, a rock and a stream,

I was a thunder-storm and a summer day,

Passers-by and his cloak,

Water and fire ... "