Confidence Game by Michelle M. Welch
Confidence Game describes itself as two characters who are troubled by their history and are caught up in a situation that leads them together to confront their problems. The dual main characters of Elzith and Tod are both broken to a certain degree and the story revolves around their burgeoning relationship and the impending problems that they have to overcome.
Elzith is a orphan, raised to be a super competent spy for the Justices of Dabion, a ruling council of Magistrates.
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I'd IMAGINE so, never having read that other book or seen the film....
So, more in the territory of A River Runs Through It than Siddhartha? ;-)
No Buddha mentioned in the book, but he DOES seem to suggest that fly fishing = true happiness....
Big fan of the Corum books. I am currently re-reading them through the audiobooks, just finished the first book.
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