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Van, formerly the leader of a rebel group, is enslaved in a salt mine. Wild dogs attack the mine, spreading a strange plague. Only Van and a child survive, and he manages to flee. A young doctor, Hossaru, is sent to investigate, and to find a cure, he needs to find Van.
If this was in English it would be a 1,100 page edition the size of a phone book, but instead we have 4 volumes. It’s well written, and detailed and slow. We take 50 pages to meet one character. We learn about the history of the
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Great Books for Fans of Fantasy
If you're looking for high fantasy in Japanese, then this is the novel for you! Well...novels for you.
鹿の王 is a story told over four novels following two protagonists, Vaan and Hossaru. Vaan was a deer rider and warrior until an invading army killed everyone he knew and loved and made him a slave in the salt mines. Hossaru is a doctor close to the royal family of said invading country who took over Vaan’s homeland.
Both stories have very different feels but both are slow burns that slowly re