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Message: <blockquote data-quote="WayneLigon" data-source="post: 9721930" data-attributes="member: 3649">The Devil In The Marshalsea by Antonia Hodgson (Tom Hawkins #1)Historical mystery by the same person who did The Raven Scholar; her first novel. 1727 and George I has just died, and ne'er-do-well Tom Hawkins has landed himself in London's infamous debtor's prison, The Marshalsea. Things are bad - all prisons are run for profit; the King owns the prison and hands off the running of it to his buddies or political friends to milk it for whatever they can. Tom is lucky - he's a gentleman, so he's on the Master's Side. But the minute his small cache of coin is gone, he'll be chunked over to the Common Side, where they usually pull someone dead out of the press of bodies every morning. But there has been a horrific murder and the ghost of a dead man wanders the prison yard by night. Tom sees one very thin chance to get out of his present circumstances: solve the murder and maybe, just maybe, the prison governor might free him.Great book and I'll be going on to the others. [ATTACH=full]413483[/ATTACH]The Sword Defiant (Lands of the Firstborn, 1) by Gareth HanrahanVery D&D-esque, at least on the surface. The Nine Heroes defeated Lord Bone and saved the lands of men, dwarves, and elves. But they did that 15 years ago. They were barely more than children then, but now age and responsibility is creeping up on them )save for our elven princess who is literally immortal). Aelfric was The Fighter, the lunkhead who followed orders and killed everything they pointed him at. Everything. After their paladin leader killed Lord Bone, he took up the dark lord's demon-sword, Spellbreaker, for safe keeping. The sword is intelligent and eager to betray Alf at the first turn, but it makes him virtually immune to spells and can cleave through armor like wet tissue. Alf has been at loose ends for years now, most of his purpose having evaporated with their victory. But now Jan the Pious, their party's cleric, brings a warning and a prophecy - something dark is rising in the north but she cannot see what. Alf has to rejoin with his scattered friends only to find that you can't go home again. Things are dark, complicated, and horrible. I liked it a lot, enough to go to the next book in the series. There's some very good characterization here, good plotting, and a slew of characters to interact with. [ATTACH=full]413484[/ATTACH]The Peripheral (The Jackpot Trilogy) Book 1 of 2: The Jackpot Trilogy  by William Gibson I loved The Peripheral on Amazon Prime. I didn't know it was made from a book until after it was over and then I find that it was cancelled, because of course it was. So I thought I'd read the books. Started the first book today, got about 20 pages in and then wanted to look up something about the series - to find out that the third book isn't out yet, despite the first one being released in 2014. Book two was five years later. Not going down that route again, so it's Goodwill for the book.</blockquote>

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