![]() 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. From his birth, this boySergei Ivanovis destined to become the peaceful warrior and sage who changed the life of Dan Millman and millions of readers worldwide. 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. This riveting novel reveals how a boy became a man, how a man became a warrior, and how a warrior discovered peace. ![]() ![]() 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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