![]() ![]() ![]() A shocking surprise about the fate of Sergei's unborn child and a ham-fisted meeting between Sergei and his rival strain credibility, but Millman's fluid storytelling makes this an easy read. But the extended training chapters suffer from clich s of character and narrative, and dampen the suspense. Millman's narration clips along, and he does a fine job with period flourishes. After a suicide attempt that leads to a kind of vengeance-oriented enlightenment, Sergei studies with a series of masters to perfect his warrior skills. Dmitri humiliated by his weakness, gets back at Sergei years later when he becomes part of a pogrom to hunt down Jews during a chance encounter, Dmitri wounds Sergei, who is part Jewish, and kills his pregnant wife, Anya. When Sergei saves the life of a brutal fellow student, Dmitri Zakolyev, during a difficult training exercise, he knows this act has actually made him an enemy. The Journeys of Socrates book by Dan Millman Self-Help Books > Personal Transformation Books ISBN: 0544336267 The Giver: A Newbery Award Winner (Giver Quartet, 1) (Book 1 in the The Giver Series) by Dan Millman See Customer Reviews Select Format Hardcover 4.19 - 4.69 Paperback 3.99 - 14.87 Select Condition Like New Unavailable Very Good 4. It's late 19th-century Russia, and young Sergei Ivanov has been drafted into training to become one of the czar's elite guards. In this intriguing follow-up, Socrates takes center stage. In his landmark 1980 novel, Way of the Peaceful Warrior, Millman blended fact and fiction to tell the story of a young man whose life is transformed by his encounter with a mysterious sage named Socrates. ![]()
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