Joseph John Farmer was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
On 27 February1881, at the Majuba Mountain in South Africa, when the Boers closed with the British troops near the Wells, Corporal Farmer held a white flag over the wounded and when the arm holding the flag was shot through, he then raised the flag with the other arm and continued to do so until that one also was shot through.
Lord John Grey, who was first introduced to readers in Dragonfly in Amber, is serving as English liaison to the First Regiment of Hanoverian Foot in the early days of the Seven Years War.
Nancy Farmer, who won the National Book Award for her previous novel, The House of the Scorpion, is in similar, award-worthy form here, in relating this fun and vibrant adventure tale which draws on the rich cultural and mythological heritage of Scandinavia.
JohnJoseph Adams is the assistant editor at The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction and the audiobook reviewer for Locus Magazine.
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