For Wally Smith, the struggle with himself ended - he became Lord Shonsu, a warrior of the highest rank, and his sword is considered one of the most brilliant blades in the service of the Goddess. But his main task is still not completed - he has not yet comprehended the meaning of the riddle sutra that the demigod asked him. Perhaps the mysterious sorcerers with whom Wally is confronted by the inexorable logic of events have something to do with this sutra? “Gaining Wisdom” is the second novel in Dave Duncan’s “The Seventh Sword” trilogy, which began with the novel “The Reluctant Warrior (Way of the Warrior).”