Surrender None (Legacy of Gird) [Paperback]

Elizabeth Moon (Author)

Book Description

Series: Legacy of Gird | Publication Date: November 2, 2000

Paksenarrion could never have fulfilled her destiny had it not been for one who came before. Gird, the peasant, the armsman, the Liberator who taught his people that they could fight - and win - against oppression. This is his story, the first of two prequels to the "Deed of Paksenarrion" trilogy.

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About the Author

Elizabeth Moon joined the US Marine Corps in 1968, reaching the rank of 1st Lieutenant during active duty. She has also earned degrees in history and biology, run for public office and been a columnist on her local newspaper. She lives near Austin, Texas, with her husband and their son.

Product Details

• Paperback: 505 pages
• Publisher: Orbit (November 2, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1841490156
• ISBN-13: 978-1841490151
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 4.2 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.1 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #585,731 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Elizabeth Moon grew up on the Texas-Mexico border, a voracious reader and early writer. She spent much of her early years in a hardware store where nothing was in shrink-wrap or little plastic containers, and mule collars still hung on the back wall. She has a history degree from Rice University and a biology degree from the University of Texas at Austin, plus some graduate work in biology at the University of Texas at San Antonio; between the first two, she spent three years on active duty in the USMC. Her bibliography includes 20+ novels and 30+ short fiction works, nearly all in science fiction or fantasy. REMNANT POPULATION was a Hugo finalist in 1997; THE SPEED OF DARK won the Nebula Award in 2003.

When not writing, she likes to wander around taking pictures of wildlife and native plants, bake bread, eat chocolate, sing with a choir, and laugh.

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83 of 84 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Liar's Oath, July 19, 2000

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Levenia R. Lawson "Levenia R. Lawson" (Castro Valley, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Legacy of Gird (Trade Paperback) (Paperback)

Well folks to be honest with you I didn't enjoy Surrender None or Liar's Oath as much as the Paksenarrion Series. I found the charcter development took too long. I kept thinking "let's get on with the story" thru out the whole book.The main characters of Gird and Luap were obviously ment to be more real and less like the god-like beings of Paksenarrion's times. But they could be very shallow and it's sad to say, boring. The Paksenarrion series had a steady development of characters and regular adventures throughout the series. Surrender None & Liar's Oath was drawing on and on with the reader making the choice of should I bother finishing the book. It gives any reader the backround info into Paksenarrion, but I could have lived without it. Plus I was very upset with Amazon not advertising that The Legacy of Gird was a trade edition including Surrender None & Liar's Oath in one book, since I ended up purchasing it and Liar's Oath in the same order. So I doubled up when I surely didn't need too. Buyers beware folks.

36 of 39 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars A Very Long, but Lost Legacy, January 24, 2003

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David Hood (Wesley Chapel, FL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Legacy of Gird (Trade Paperback) (Paperback)

Here we have a package containing the prequels to the very well done Deed of Paksenarrion. Unfortunately, neither approach the heights of that trilogy. The first, Surrender None is slow going but is worth the effort. Barely! The second, Liar's Oath, is a book that had no reason to be written. There is very little story, a confusion of who the main point of view characters are on the authors part with none getting much on page time yet not working as an ensemble piece either. In the end very little happens, and what does happen is so buried under the mundanity of most of the work that it seems trivial.

Moon is a good author. She stumbled badly here though. Unless you have the disease of being a completionist, give these a pass.

31 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars *YAWN*, June 19, 1999

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This review is from: The Legacy of Gird (Trade Paperback) (Paperback)

I read this book because of a personal hang-up I have about finishing every series I start; otherwise, I think I would have given up by page 100. I like Moon's "Deed of Paksennarion" trilogy well enough, but think it is highly overrated. However, I felt I owed it to Moon to read her prequel, and perhaps finally discover the "incredible depth of world-building" that her fans are constantly raving about. As you may have guessed by now, I was sorely disappointed. The first novel contained in this volume, "Surrender None," does provide much relevant, sometimes interesting, though rather sluggish background to the Paksennarion trilogy. Learning the history of Gird, and seeing how many of the incidents of his life later grew into religious dogma was an overall worthwhile read, and is solely responsible for the two stars I've given this book. The second novel in this book, though, "Liar's Oath," seemed like it was written merely to "set up" a possible Paksennarion sequel. Unfortunately, Moon took around 400 pages to present what would have made a far more effective 20-page prologue or short story. "Liar's Oath" featured an unlikeable protagonist, rambling and over-used description, and no particular plot to speak of. I could probably sit here for hours and rant about how much I disliked this novel, but I've wasted enough time on this book already.