Fable: Blood Ties by Peter David EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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- Author Name: Peter David
- Book Genre: Fantasy, Fiction, Games, Video Games
- ISBN # 9781937007409
- Date of Publication: 2011-10-1
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My Reputation Precedes Me
IN MY DEFENSE, I HAD NO IDEA SHE WAS married.
Granted, I could have asked. I would have to think, though, that under such
circumstances the responsibility to clarify one’s marital status certainly has to
rest on the woman’s shoulders.
As it turned out, the only thing resting on this
particular woman’s shoulders were my calves, for we were somewhat
entangled at the point when a loud banging resounded from the door. An
angry male voice bellowed, “Jennifer!” He did not sound like he was going
to be a good sport about the whole misunderstanding.
This entire business began, as such things typically do, in one of the main
pubs in Bowerstone Market: the Cock in the Crown. The place got a bit
bashed up during the calamitous battle with dark forces that you might have
heard about. Also, if you’re reading this narrative, then you certainly know
that I, Ben Finn—adventurer, soldier of fortune, occasional thief—was
instrumental in turning back a wave of evil that threatened to wash over the
whole of Albion.
Yes, yes, our ruler likewise had some small hand in
stemming the tide. But you know what? This is my story, not our leader’s.
When our illustrious ruler’s own memoirs are eventually made available to
the public, you can read those as well and see whose tale is more convincing.
Or, at the very least, the more entertaining.
I was relaxing in a corner of the pub, contemplating all that had happened
recently, and all that was going to be happening, and regrettably not having a
good deal of luck with the latter. I have many great and remarkable attributes,
but planning for an extended future is not one of them. There are wonders
galore in Albion, with lands of intrigue and amazement, but life can be harsh,
unfair, and tragically short. To people such as Heroes, how they live that life
is extremely important.
They have deeply rooted philosophies about how their
deeds or misdeeds shape them and affect their lives. Do not misunderstand : I
have as much respect for the rapidly dwindling, nearly nonexistent profession
of Hero as anyone else. Yet I am sometimes forced to wonder about the
benefits of being a Hero, or even a fundamentally decent person. I don’t know
if you’ve noticed, but random monsters and dark forces beyond mortal ken
tend to snuff out both the virtuous and the vice-ridden in equally random
measure.
Which is a roundabout way of saying that making long-term plans seems to
be an utter waste of time when one has no idea what will constitute the long
term. Why worry about the future? The future invariably holds our deaths in
some way, shape, or form, so it’s far wiser to live for the moment.
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