![]() ![]() Firstly, they are adept at coordinated unit tactics, which the Ugaro see as an admission of cowardice and weakness. Lau along the border have inexplicably raised the price of grain and the Ugaro, desperate, have taken to raiding. The Ugaro live in cold regions unsuitable for Lau-style agriculture they trade with the Lau for the grain that they need. ![]() Lord Aras, of the settled, agricultural and urbanized Lau, needs to know more about the Ugaro nomads. ![]() The two men end up being something like friends. To protect Ryo from the legal consequences of raiding, Lord Aras makes Ryo a guest, something that carries profound legal implications for the Lau. He takes Ryo prisoner and interrogates him at length. Lord Aras of the Lau has greater need of information than he does of a corpse. Ryo is tied to a stake and left for the Lau. A tuyo is a prisoner handed over the enemy as a sacrifice. Garoya leaves his younger brother Ryo behind, as a tuyo. Warleader Garoya of one of the Ugaro clans had thought it would be easy to raid the Lau it wasn’t. 2020’s Tuyo is the first volume of Rachel Neumeier’s seven-book (so far) Tuyo secondary-world fantasy series. ![]()
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