dhampyresa

Oh, I would never push you to read a book/series in which an element was a trope which you found offputting or distasteful. My personal feeling is that this particular plot point is only dealt with in detail in the first few chapters of the first book, although it's merely one manifestation (albeit an extreme one) of a crucial part of Sulien's characterisation. That is, his personality is shaped by his peculiar experiences of slavery: he never perceived himself as a slave, and he has trouble adjusting to a world which views him as not quite human. He's also only one of four point-of-view characters.

While we're on the subject, can I ask what you like about the books? Convince me to read, them, basically.

I was going to write a comment, and somehow it turned into a whole blog post. [Content note: non-detailed discussion of slavery, empire and colonialsim.]