And it does. She told them she was. You gave us a rebellion, and in exchange, we raise you to sit the Faceless Throne. He gestures to the beached boat, where his men sit around their wool-wrapped prisoner. Recently weve discovered that we can arbitrarily kill groups of people in foreign countries for the crime of gathering in public as long as we label them military age males and call it a signature strike. Near the surgical theaters a quartet of musicians played oboe and lute. Absolutely gorgeous story, rich, detailed and complex yet so taut and well-crafted. It would do the books a disservice to describe the plot in any detail or try to describe the themes better than Seth Dickinson himself. (Previously, . I see the order of battle. Around Iriad there were old vendettas, wives who would not take plainside husbands, men who would not add their seed to a plainside womans child. Champions to bear their shields east and answer the challenge.. Is that a confession? she whispers through the left side of her mouth. The Traitor Baru Cormorant is the critically-acclaimed debut novel from Seth Dickinson, one of the rising new stars in fantasy. Its rude to abbreviate. The man watched his guards with a paternal frown, as if afraid they might need supervision. The question at the end is whether Baru (and the reader with her) has succumbed to the conditioning, or whether she (and we) can still escape. All the things bound up in those words: I know you were false, even at the start. If you ended Book 1 thinking There's no way I could possibly love Tain Hu more than I do now, I'm here to tell you that you can. The Traitor Baru Cormorant Tain Hu is a contender for one of the best sword lesbians ever. One for every fan of twisty political fantasy who enjoys being broken into tiny, crunchy, little bits. It is the most hurt you can manage. You should kill me. The conditioning will probably extinguish rapidly once shes out of treatment. she forgot to be humble and forgot that there is more than one player in this Is she here to help, to monitor, to undercut? Its hard to understate how powerful clean water, safe roads, good preservatives, and inoculation can be to quality of life. Traitor ends with More forgive it for my confusion. Aurdwynn was cold. You loaded the package into the truck. A siren would go off next to your bay. That market fell on a stormy end-of-season day, gray and forbidding, close to the time when the Ashen Seas circular trade winds would collapse into winter storm. She lifts her chin. Being likeable and wanting to be a liked is a weakness in this heartless world. THE TRAITOR BARU CORMORANT is an epic geopolitical fantasy about one woman's mission to tear down an empire by learning how to rule it. There was one, Baru says, her voice terrible to her own ears, burdened with the memory of crimes more beautiful and dear than rebellion or treachery. challenges the notion of control, denies her programming, only to once again wonder She leans forward on arms still corded with the memory of strength, and Baru remembers her leaning across the map table, pointing to weakness, here, there. Youll be safest there. Is the arm to blame for murder, then? A low wind whips up froth. Barking sailors swarmed her deck. I like illustrating speculation, even when its wrong. She wonders if Tain Hu knows about her wound; whether she laughs and rails even now, and takes Barus answering silence for strength. When the war party set out to cross the mountain and challenge the plainsmen, the Masquerade garrison marched with them. But that very same day Diline taught them the proof of strict limited inheritance. At sunset they raised their banner: two open eyes in a mask, circled in clasped hands. Baru Cormorant, he calls over the high protests of the sea birds. But history must be part of your job.. Left-sided neglect (the name of the brain damage the main character has) is a brilliant metaphor for working as a traitor/spy, where in order to be effective, someone has to mentally lose part of who they are and ignore . A man who does not know who he is cannot have self-interest. But if you want to buy a telescope, I crave telescopes, he said, perhaps thinking she had never heard of sarcasm. She leans forward, palms flat, the sandy ruin of her close-shorn hair still damp with seawater. The other woman straightened a little. But she did not see how a treaty could be poison. Baru Cormorant sets her legs in a duelists stance, closing off the Thrones man on her dead right, opening her left side to the dying woman below. Heretake a coin. And yet keep in mind as you watch it that you are seeing this from Barus perspective, not that of a 21st-century humanitarian armed with the historical knowledge of fascism and totalitarianism. And shes horrifyingly good at what she does. Unfortunately Ive got to nail down my next book. The Traitor Baru Cormorant is a magnificently written fantasy about the evils of colonialism and the lengths one young woman will go to fight it. Dead, says the Thrones man. Baru's own mind teeters on the edge of madness or shattering revelation. Your ordeal is near its end. There are lice on ships, the merchant said, looking wearily out into the market. Baru Cormorant wants to understand the world. Early in the rainy season all the children from around Halaes Reef packed themselves into their briny seaside fortress so Baru could explain the fires. But we know better. (At this everyone would murmur in agreement, having been raised to know the jealous ways of the soggy people from Taranokes eastern plains.) They will grant you your ascension, and they will keep me as a pet, knowing you will do anything to keep me from harm. She made a map of the Ashen Sea and its seasonal trade winds, which carried ships in a great easy circle that ran clockwise (another new word) around the ocean, starting at Falcrest in the east and running south near Taranoke and Oriati Mbo, onward past lands with many names, all the way north to Aurdwynn and then back to Falcrest again. What truth did you ever give me? She laughs quietly. The sea laps and murmurs below. (LogOut/ Ive got roads. Every line you read could spoil the whole book, so finish first. When the Empire of Masks conquers her island home, overwrites her culture, criminalizes her customs, and murders one of her fathers, Baru vows to swallow her hate, join the empire's civil service, and claw her way high enough to set her people free. When she stands in the east and the bannered south wall is her universe, she is Baru Fisher, who roused the duchies of Pyre in rebellion and then, as planned, sold them to the Throne. Entirely possible the point is that Baru missed those weaknesses. But we could be helping them more." Dickinson has no interest in putting modern society. There is one thread in the Sword and Laser book club discussion that compares it to 1984 . Today Baru went to market with a new joy: the joy of plots. this is a Grisham-esque fast-paced legal thriller (you quickly understand that The civil service exams level the playing field, giving equal opportunities even to island barbarians with unhygienic customs (the Empire is hysterically and repressively homophobic). The next rebellion will be ours; and the next; and the next. Clear the room. Justice from a fairer hand! And then she laughs, trembling with her mirth, quaking in her shackles, her eyes locked on Baru. Baru stamped on the image and the thought with silent, urgent efficiency. You can come along to Iriad and see the ships.. Cattlsons speech after this paragraph, which I am too lazy to type out here, is important to explaining why the Masquerade is so successful: it can offer material gains to those who accept its hegemony. The duchies of Pyre are at peace. No. Perhaps there is another way, he says. Plausible, believable. One female mother. And yet we must remember that all this information is coming through Farrier, who would happily tilt it to his own ends. She would learn what troubled her parents, this knot of warships and treaties. The result is a heart-pounding epic science fantasy. Revolt. It makes the characters more naturalistic, and when theydoget things right it feels more earned. Bad evo psych can go fuck itself. Well done. The man looked bored, so Baru felt no qualms about climbing up onto his stall. I didnt like Baru. The water rises. My lady, she says, and bows her head, as if she were still Field-General, and Baru still the Fairer Hand, the commonborn hope of Pyre. Oarsmen. Later in the book we see castration used against a man to control his sexual behavior. Id need to check my notes to remember exactly what this is, but it sounds like a form of operant conditioning. It had been a long time since war between harborside and plainsmen. Bloody face lifted towards Barus spyglass, mailed fists clutching the Thrones banner in triumph. And we get a little bit of his rare characterization, which is mostly this dude is so far out of his depth., This is a cold and grudging land. Baru is educated at a Masquerade school, but vows to work her way upward within the Empire and eventually free her island. Baru finishes her wine in slow silence. The Traitor Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson The Traitor Baru Cormorant is an epic geopolitical fantasy about one woman's mission to tear down an empire by learning how to rule it. And you cannot. Tain Hu looks into the empty distance, watching her own death. The Tyrant Baru Cormorant (The Masquerade #3) by Seth Dickinson (Tor Books, 2020) A double agent working to shatter the empire she serves finally obtains the power she covets, but its use will devastate millions of innocent people. 2022 But they ultimately serve the narrative, and I can easily In the twentieth century, America alone sterilized, experimented on, brainwashed, surveilled, and tortured thousands of its own citizens. Did Aminata volunteer for this job? Lieutenant Aminata, you will have ample time to searchLapetiare during your return to Falcrest, correct? Her old general watches her in silence. Tain Hu sits across a narrow oaken table, shackled to a high-backed fir chair. So it would, she says. He does. There were men among the foreign soldiers who hated him. And on. In the red autumn evening before the stars rose, her fathers took Baru down to the beach to gather kelp for ash, the ash meant for glass, the glass for telescope lenses ground flat by volcanic stone, the lenses meant for the new trade. What excites me the most is that a reader has to have zero Even that night, after I won. construct a compelling story by developing ideas, characters, and events that keep readers turning pages find the markets for speculative fiction, reach them, and get published submit queries, write cover letters, find an agent, and live the life of a writer The boundaries of your imagination are infinite. in-depth research into the doom of queer relationships. The wound runs deeper than that, the physicians said, and touched Barus temple, where the maul had taken her helm and unhorsed her. So Ive read a couple of reviews for this and I think this is the first thats actually given me any real sense of what its about! In Seth Dickinson's highly-anticipated debut The Traitor Baru Cormorant, a young woman from a conquered people tries to transform an empire in this richly imagined geopolitical fantasy. Parliament is a theater for the mob. And it is. I would love to write more! The last Accountant I drove came to such a fate. At Iriad market the merchant Cairdine Farrier sat in his stall with his two guards, who had the satisfied look of gulls. If you missed them, you could be sent home without pay. Or so it seems: the name the Masquerade is well given; theres more to the Empires leadership than meets the eye. Thank you I did wonder where that breeze had come from . And Baru Cormorant as a character is magnificent. Its hard to understate how powerful clean water, safe roads, good preservatives, and inoculation can be to quality of life. So the Throne has its secret. Do you remember that? At the end of your schooling, every child of promise will sit the civil service exam, the Empires great leveler. Without Masquerade traders in harbor the paper money was worthless, except it wasnt, because everyone wanted to have it when the trade winds picked up again, and bartered outrageously for even a few slips. What secrets could I know about Baru Fisher? Taranoke knows that the Empire has conquered nations greater than itself. It's her chance to trigger a war that will consume the Masquerade. But that had been a trap. These chapters are quite procedural. So it is that a servant of the Throne is blameless.. You should be more careful, Your Excellence, he admonished her. 4 min read by Alex Khlopenko I struggle with writing. And I can absolutely see why: Baru is a monster (book two is well named). In the third of four novels in Seth Dickinson's Masquerade series, The Tyrant. He studied racial bias in police shootings, wrote much of the lore for Bungie Studios' Destiny, and threw a paper airplane at the Vatican. The Throne does educate its spies, doesnt it?. Change), You are commenting using your Twitter account. Graphic. I love seeing her in action. To your unshakable loyalty.. . Because only a trusted servant of the Empire can bring it crashing down. Right from the start, he warns that we will know its true because it will hurt. This is a glimpse at the queens on the chessboard, although not the king she remains hidden. She turns her chair to the left, so that the duchess Tain Hu falls away into nothingness, and the howl of her laughter reaches Baru only as an echo. No wonder he tries to act like a Duke of Aurdwynn. He had been a smith, and he was generous to everything he made, including Baru. between strong and complicated female characters. That I came to love my comrades, grey-bearded Xate Olake and the duchess Tain Hu? Does the Qualm console you, my lady? he asks. The trend would have to be reversed. Will there be a day when she stands in the surf, the sea to her left, the land to her right, and forgets that there is a world beyond the waves? My lady. The concubine with the anise breath beckons from the inner door. She learned a great many other things as well: astronomy and social heredity and geography. The Poet King by Myer, Ilana C. May have limited writing in cover pages. And you were offered a seat, at the price of two years of service, raising false rebellion in Pyre so the Throne could weed out the disloyal. The Masquerade sent its favorite soldiers to conquer Taranoke: sailcloth, dyes, glazed ceramic, sealskin and oils, paper currency printed in their Falcrest tongue. Poisoned. Exactly. The Empire itself is a relentless colonial machine, oiled in blood and tended to by its armed forces, bureaucracy and spies. Here, Cattlson is trapped inside the glass. Even $1 helps keeps us afloat. What do you mean to suggest, little watcher? she hisses. She tried determinedly to count them and keep all the varieties straight. Cousin Lao began to cry. All comments must meet the community standards outlined in Tor.com's Moderation Policy or be subject to moderation. In Monster, Baru The Throne believes it can break the cycle, but only if it can control necessary variables. You know I have a soft spot for protagonists with unusual professions. Her father loves her. From the courtyard of their ash-concrete home came the shriek of stone on glass and the low worried voices of her mother and fathers, a huntress and a blacksmith and a shield-bearer. Baru looks at the concubines parted lips, smells the anise he swallowed to freshen his breath, and sees the other test. This also provides a nice bit of characterization for the Heingyl/Cattlson bond, which is built on hope for future possibilities for Aurdwynns children. Do you use the paper money?, I prefer coin and gem, though when I buy, Ill pay in paper notes., He had to his left a stack of sheepskin palimpsestink-scratched records that could be scraped clean and used again. What if she has locked something in that blind hemisphereall the offal of her treachery, all the loves and cares she gathered over two long years? The Thrones man takes one more step closer, ducks his head cobra-quick as if to bite at her, and suddenlyis not the Thrones man any more. It is not so simple as that. Because only a trusted servant of the Empire can bring it crashing down. That came earlier, long before the school or the disappearance of brave father Salm. And the convoy makes a good excuse for escort. He spat into the surf. The world of Baru Cormorant is rich and gritty. And the man with hair the color of rowan fruit who once, years past, came to her on behalf of the Throne and asked her to rebel. Baru cant let herself get close, In her tower she found Cairdine Farrier napping behind her desk. Give them no rein! Far from the sunny, sincere, plucky persona once demanded of female characters, the new female antihero is often selfish and deeply. Hm. But we could be helping them more.. With their coming the market had outgrown the boardwalks and drifted out onto bobbing floats of koa and walnut where drummers sounded in the warmth and the light. A little corruption to keep them dependent on and loyal to the local technocracy probably doesnt hurt. Which isnt really congruent with the rest of the world building. But a moment passes and no strike comes. They fear you, Baru Fisher. When Cattlson activates his own knowledge of the Throne, he remembers that Baru is likely in favor as a young candidate, and his insecurity drives him away. That makes me glad! And this rejection So I told him, she says, and smiles a crows smile. Wars are fought between champions in a circle of drums. Do your parents need cold-weather cloth?. Because it was no lie, Tain Hu whispers, and turns away. Three years following the release of The Traitor Baru Cormorant Seth Dickinson has returned with a sequel. Do you know the Hierarchic Qualm? she says. Baru swears and drinks way more than she did in Book 1; thanks to her machinations she also wears her sapphic desires far more openly and spends a fair bit of time ogling muscly women and yearning like a useless lesbian. Baru Cormorant, lord in passing of the Elided Keep, watches from a spit of rock not three meters above. Well have to ride together, when you return, she said, trying to be patient, to offer him a salve for his pride. It would be a cunning stroke, wouldnt it? Each man wore his hair braided, Solits burnt short for the smithy, Salms an elaborate waist-length fallfor glory in the killing circle, against the plainsmen. Two years of habit beg for her to smile and say: What news, Tain Hu?. They meant nothing to you. But there were people calledsalterswhose job was to sneak around and throw bad packages into your chute. wanders off into philosophical contemplations. I wondered if all those whispered things could be real, instead of a clever act, a way to blind me. Drawn by the intriguing duchess Tain Hu into a circle of seditious dukes, Baru may be able to use her position to help. He had heavy brows, like fortresses to guard his eyes. Characters fight for power through weapons of economics, secrets, physical prowess, war, sexuality, and science. The only question is what she is willing to do to achieve her goal. Mother Pinion did not take Baru aside and explain the taxonomy of sergeants and officers and the nature and variety of Masquerade weapons. The glassmakers had stopped burning kelp and so there were no mirrors to grind. When this little chore is through, I have business for the Throne. The Traitor Baru Cormorant, Her Field-General, and Their Wounds. Baru, warm and loved and hungry to impress with accurate birdcount, hugged her mothers thigh. I should kiss you, shouldnt I? Parliament. He snorted. I was so excited to read The Monster Baru Cormorant after absolutely loving The Traitor Baru Cormorant, and calling Baru one of the best protagonists in fantasy. Your email address will not be published. He can be found at sethdickinson.com. Publisher: Tor Books. Not now, of course, not while she is loyalbut if Baru Cormorant ever turns, ever slips, ever becomes a threatthe knife. Look where your counsel has taken you, Baru thinks; why should I listen? I lookedI looked so long, When this happened, it was because of the class on Scientific Society and Incrasticism that Baru could only think to ask: Was Salm my real father? Keep her awake!. The book is followed up by The Tyrant Baru . Why are you doing this? He had seen the fire on the horizon and wanted his daughter safe.). The Traitor Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson. Buttered in lamplight has a sumptuousness I dont think I used very much on the first draft. Tomorrow, on the beach, Baru Cormorant will look up and see red sails on the horizon. Two of her social proximates reported on her behavior. He must be a very dedicated trader, or very good with tonguesand cultures, too, because traders did not often understand how to be friendly on Taranoke. English language to nail the reader and make him listen. And will mother go across the mountain, into the plains, and use the boar-killing spear you made for her?, Baru looked happily to her mother, whose long strides and broad shoulders were better suited to the hunt than to telescope-making, and then to her other father, who could drum as fiercely as he could fight. The bald women looked down at her, first with perfunctory regard, then irritation, and then, when she stayed, a little smilefrom one of them, at least. And theres a sequel you say? You will see the tide rising and you will beg for them to spare me. Why would you give me anything?. The politics, and the way this novel is constructed, also fantastic. Today I'm going to be reviewing The Traitor Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson, Book 1 of The Masquerade series. Traitor and Monster Baru Cormorant are a mesmerizing What was it safe for a dead woman to tell?. The journey from the isolated childhood home of Taranoke, where Baru is hit with Masquerades colonization and racial/sexual doctrines, to Aurdwynne with its feudal political power games, to Elided Keep and the new sea adventures with her cryptarch frenemies, the novels dissect three major intersectional themes queerness, classic and neo-colonialism, and origin of power. Muire Lo says almost exactly what you did just there! Also: I should note that while in retrospect I think that the Masquerade is entirely too good at being bad, I didnt notice while reading. 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