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Violence
Barely any
Minor fantasy danger
Language
None
No profanity
Sexual Content
Barely any
Brief adult content
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
Barely any
Themes of identity, memory, and what makes a person fit to rule
What this book is about
Silverberg's 1980 planetary romance follows Valentine, a young man who joins a troupe of jugglers on the world of Majipoor — one of the largest planets ever imagined in SF — while slowly remembering that he is its rightful ruler. Epic and humane. For older teens and adults.
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