Themes
The book has been described as 'The Lord of the Rings on a Rug'. It explores the conflict between traditions and innovation. There is an established civilisation, complete with bureaucrats, taxes imposed and collected, and permits; there are people who resent the establishment; there is a need for both groups to find common ground in order to save their collective civilisation.
One Munrung is afflicted with sinus problems, a normally unpleasant situation but which proves fortuitous to this story's successful conclusion.
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