All Comments on 'Mindgames Ch. 07'

Glad to see a new chapter

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Very good! I only don't understand what keeps the slaves from revolting. More drugs in the gruel?

Great question! I think it's the same reason people don't revolt in any totalitarian regime (until they do): they are beaten down, they are brainwashed, they are played against each other, they are afraid of informants or are the victims of informants, and leaders of any nascent revolt are quickly eliminated. One of the reasons why Riviera has been a basically stagnant society is that so much energy goes into keeping the status quo.

Lovely story, so nice i bought it on Amazon so I can finish it now instead of waiting.

I will provide some help for you on horse terms.

Horses “knicker” not “whicker”.

You lead a horse with a “halter” not “harness”. Harness is for horses pulling wagons or plows.

A saddle is held on a horse with a “girth” not a “saddle belt”.

Cheers

Thank you so much for buying the book!

I appreciate your comments on horse terms. I know how jarring it is to read something and come across vocabulary that you know is incorrect. (I think knicker versus whicker might be a regional difference -- but I'll try not to get my knickers in a bunch over that.)

Whinny is a common horse term it is related to knicker just louder. It was also the name for the first domesticated horse in Clan of the Cave Bear.

Yes, if memory serves Ayla single-handedly domesticated horses, lions and dogs after she invented slingshots and matches but before she invented sewing and bows and arrows and discovered how babies are made, The Simone Biles of her time.

Intense, but a fantastic read. Thank you

Well-written, very entertaining, intense, complex and interesting characters, there is much to love about this story and that's what I do. (And keep on reading, of course.)