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<blockquote data-quote="WayneLigon" data-source="post: 6407423" data-attributes="member: 3649"><p>Currently reading: <em>The Prophecy Con</em>, sequel to <em>The Palace Job</em>. If you like humorous fantasy and don't care that characters can get the occasional cappuccino or check their message crystal, this is the book for you. It's a fantasy heist novel, combining two of my favorite genres.</p><p></p><p><em>Wake of the Bloody Angel</em>, by Alex Bledsoe. Eddie LaCrosse, sword jockey for hire, solver of crimes for pay, is hired by one of his oldest friends to find out what happened to her first lover: the infamous pirate Black Edward Tew.</p><p></p><p><em>The Goblin Emperor</em> by Katherine Addison. One of the best books I've read this year. Interestingly enough, this is the pseudonym of Sarah Monette, whose new publishing company insisted she use a pseudonym. I read two of her first four novels, <em>Melusine </em>,and <em>The Virtu</em> (Doctrine of Labyrinths), which featured two of the most angst-ridden unlikeable characters it's ever been my displeaure to read about. I don't think I even managed to finish the second book. Which may explain her new publisher's position. But her newest work is simply amazing, everything from the world-building to the characters to the dialog, etc. Too bad there are no plans for a direct sequel but I can see her point: Maia's story is, effectively, told within the single volume.</p><p></p><p>The Ruins of Gorlan (The Ranger's Apprentice, Book 1) - John A. Flanagan - First book of a something like 14-book series, it's a by-the-book training- and coming-of-age story. Not all that bad, but nothing to really write home about in the first book.</p><p></p><p>Blood and Iron (The Book of the Black Earth), Jon Sprunk - Fairly good fantasy where a young man from a quasi-Age of Discovery european-analog country winds up washed ashore of a quasi-Egyptian-analog country. His country has just declared war on this one, so he winds up as a slave. However, he finds out he has the gift of magic, which immediately makes him a member of their aristocracy by unbreakable law and tradition. So he's freed and becomes a pawn for the queen of one city, who is facing a takeover by their chief religious sect. Some pretty interesting intrigue and magic, but I'm not certain I want to read more in the series.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WayneLigon, post: 6407423, member: 3649"] Currently reading: [I]The Prophecy Con[/I], sequel to [I]The Palace Job[/I]. If you like humorous fantasy and don't care that characters can get the occasional cappuccino or check their message crystal, this is the book for you. It's a fantasy heist novel, combining two of my favorite genres. [I]Wake of the Bloody Angel[/I], by Alex Bledsoe. Eddie LaCrosse, sword jockey for hire, solver of crimes for pay, is hired by one of his oldest friends to find out what happened to her first lover: the infamous pirate Black Edward Tew. [I]The Goblin Emperor[/I] by Katherine Addison. One of the best books I've read this year. Interestingly enough, this is the pseudonym of Sarah Monette, whose new publishing company insisted she use a pseudonym. I read two of her first four novels, [I]Melusine [/I],and [I]The Virtu[/I] (Doctrine of Labyrinths), which featured two of the most angst-ridden unlikeable characters it's ever been my displeaure to read about. I don't think I even managed to finish the second book. Which may explain her new publisher's position. But her newest work is simply amazing, everything from the world-building to the characters to the dialog, etc. Too bad there are no plans for a direct sequel but I can see her point: Maia's story is, effectively, told within the single volume. The Ruins of Gorlan (The Ranger's Apprentice, Book 1) - John A. Flanagan - First book of a something like 14-book series, it's a by-the-book training- and coming-of-age story. Not all that bad, but nothing to really write home about in the first book. Blood and Iron (The Book of the Black Earth), Jon Sprunk - Fairly good fantasy where a young man from a quasi-Age of Discovery european-analog country winds up washed ashore of a quasi-Egyptian-analog country. His country has just declared war on this one, so he winds up as a slave. However, he finds out he has the gift of magic, which immediately makes him a member of their aristocracy by unbreakable law and tradition. So he's freed and becomes a pawn for the queen of one city, who is facing a takeover by their chief religious sect. Some pretty interesting intrigue and magic, but I'm not certain I want to read more in the series. [/QUOTE]
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