djasson's review
4.0
This was a quick read of a closet drama with its main moral of prioritizing something bigger than yourself. In this case, it is putting aside a bloody revenge feud between two Scots in order that they might fight together against the English. Gordon, the younger man, wants to kill Swinton, the aged and wise knight since Swinton killed his father. However, Swinton did this in order to revenge the death of his sons at the hand of Gordon's father. Gordon is mocked by some of the leaders of the Scottish forces as bowing down to the man who killed his father, yet the two soldiers join together and are more honorable than the leaders in the end. The pacing of the story was excellent and I enjoyed reading it.
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