By Catherynne M. Valente
While the mysterious daughter of Prester John seems at the doorstep of her father's palace, she brings along with her information of warfare within the West--the Crusades have all started, and the our bodies of the trustworthy are washing up at the seashores of Pentexore. 3 narratives intertwine to inform the story of the start of the tip of the area: a more youthful, angrier Hagia, the blemmye-wife of John and Queen of Pentexore, who takes up fingers with the remainder of her state to struggle a struggle they slightly comprehend, Vyala, a lion-philosopher entrusted with the care of the deformed and prophetic royal princess, and one other John, John Mandeville, who in his many travels discovers the land of Pentexore--on the opposite facet of the diamond wall intended to maintain demons and monsters at bay.
These 3 voices weave a narrative of dying, religion, good looks, and gear, dancing within the margins of actual heritage, illuminating a spot that by no means was once.
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