Book Overview
Set in the universe of Rory Thorne, this new sci-fi mystery follows an unlikely duo who must discover the motive behind an unusual murder. THE TEMPLAR: When Lieutenant Iari hears screams in the night, she expects to interrupt a robbery or break up a fight. Instead she discovers a murder with an impossible suspect: a riev, one of the battle-mecha decommissioned after the end of the last conflict, repurposed for manual labor. Riev don't kill people. And yet, clearly, one has. Iari sets out to find it. THE SPY: Officially, Gaer is an ambassador from the vakari. Unofficially, he's also a spy, sending information back to his government, unfiltered by diplomatic channels. Unlike Iari, Gaer isn't so sure the riev's behavior is just a malfunction, since the riev were created using an unstable mixture of alchemy and arithmancy. As Gaer and Iari search for the truth, they discover that the murderous riev is just a weapon in the hands of a wielder with wider ambitions than homicide--including releasing horrors not seen since the war, that make a rampaging riev seem insignificant...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0756415330
ISBN13:9780756415334
Release Date:October 2021
Publisher:Daw Books
Length:416 Pages
Weight:1.10 lbs.
Dimensions:1.4" x 5.9" x 8.6"
Customer Reviews
1 rating
Incredibly complex world buidling
Published by Lynda , 2 years ago
This was a dense book. Chock full of alien species, races, planets, religions, magic, magical science, political alliances, history and wars I knew nothing about. Lots to digest, learn, internalize. The story itself was intriguing and very enjoyable, but I spent so much time, right up to the very end of the novel, feeling lost about this culture, this universe, that I struggled to finish it. Even with only 18 pages left, I grabbed my phone and spent half an hour scrolling through Instagram rather than finish. I did truly like the main characters, Gaer and Iari, neither human, but both incredibly human.
If you LOVE incredibly complex world-building, science based on magic, and detailed plots, this book is for you.
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