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The Sword Debt

Massett, Daniel James
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1655721148653481

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2022, Master of Fine Arts, Miami University, English.
Orhan is a boy set upon by the tremendous pressure of growing up in a world that has known only conflict. The sultan has instituted a conscription of his people, called “sword debt”, which requires one member of each family to take up a sword and fight against the invading forces helmed by the ruthless General Yu. If the bearer of the sword dies, another in the family must take on the sword debt. And with no end to the war in sight, the debt can never be paid. When Orhan’s family receives a sword debt, the sword is taken up by Orhan’s older sister Rasheda, who is captured. When the sword returns to Orhan, he decides to shirk his duty with the sword debt and, instead of fighting in the war, takes it on a personal quest to rescue his sister. He is aided by Zeki, a mischievous young monk, and Aysu, a deserter with a mysterious past. Along the way they encounter a dragon who lives in the trunk of the Tree of Life, false prophets, true prophets, whirling dervishes who dance their way to a world beyond their own, and the horrifying effects of war without end.
Brian Roley (Committee Chair)
Joseph Bates (Committee Member)
Margaret Luongo (Committee Member)
112 p.
Fine Arts
war; grief; tribalism; fiction; middle grade; fantasy; Turkey; folklore; goodness

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  • Massett, D. J. (2022). The Sword Debt [Master's thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1655721148653481

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Massett, Daniel. The Sword Debt. 2022. Miami University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1655721148653481.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Massett, Daniel. "The Sword Debt." Master's thesis, Miami University, 2022. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1655721148653481

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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