Battle Circle cover

Battle Circle

by Piers Anthony

Including SOS the rope – VAR The Stick – NEQ The Sword. In this highly imaginative trilogy, master science fiction writer Piers Anthony creates a world of savage power of primitive and brutal laws where all disputes are settled in the battle circle, and where men must seize and realise their vision of an empire by the might of their primitive weapons. “Anthony’s story of men fighting for mastery of wandering tribes, with sword, club and rope in the ceremonial Great Circle, has its own internal conviction – its own grandeur, even.... a rigorous masculine power, rare in any kind of novel nowadays.

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Chappie’s discussion starters

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  1. Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
  2. Was there a moment where you disagreed with a character’s choice? What would you have done?
  3. What theme did this book keep circling back to — and did it earn its ending?
  4. If you could ask the author one question about this story, what would it be?
  5. Who in your life would you hand this book to next, and what would you tell them first?