"His line stretched for the best part of three quarters of a mile in either direction
from where he himself stood, much further than he could have liked, despite the
fact that he'd held out almost five thousand warriors as a reserve and that his
main formation ... But he'd worked with it in training exercises with them since
until they were completely comfortable with it, and the fact that he no longer
required trumpet signals or co ..."
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"The Royal Brat is in Trouble Roger Ramius Sergei Chiang MacClintock didn't understand. He was young, handsome, athletic, an excellent dresser, and third in line for the Throne of Man...so why wouldn't anyone at Court trust him? Why wouldn't even his own mother, the Empress, explain why they didn't trust him? Or why the very mention of his father's name was forbidden at Court? Or why his mother had decided to pack him off to a backwat ..."
Through Fiery Trials A Novel in the Safehold Series by DavidWeber Paperback, 976 Pages, Published 2019 by Tor Science Fiction ISBN-13: 978-0-7653-6464-7, ISBN: 0-7653-6464-6
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