(Although there's more to him than mustache-twirling evil and terrorism, as we discover in Season of Skulls.) At the end of Dead Lies Dreaming Eve successfully backstabbed him (or rather, lured him into a trap of his own devising), and appeared to be safe from his abusive activities. Rupert can best be described as "magical Ernst Stavro Blofeld", the sorcerous equivalent of the ultimate Bond villain: at least for the first two books. ![]() ![]() ![]() Once upon a time, when asked how she planned her books, Lois McMaster Bujold reputedly replied: "I work out what the worst thing I could possibly do to my protagonist is, then I do it to them." It was obvious from the start that book 2 would focus on Eve Starkey, the over-achieving personal assistant to Rupert de Montfort Bigge: and it was instantly obvious that the worst thing that could happen to her would be something to do with Rupert nefarious schemes.
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