Maia (1985) is an odd sequel to Shardik. It tells of events in Bekla, but the story occurs at a time before Shardik's coming. It continues the theme of the enslavement of children, but instead of depicting physical cruelty, it recounts the hedonistic life of a fifteenyear-old concubine named Maia. Although this novel explores the corrupt core of a civilized empire, it totally lacks the attention to natural landscape and the epic vocabulary that gives Shardik its power. Almost twelve hundred pages long, Maia.....
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