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Mervi2012
Posted 2018-12-19 3:32 AM (#19490 - in reply to #16634)
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Well, Corey's "Caliban's War" was great, if very long. It introduces three new POV characters and we finally see Chrisjen Avarasarala, UN politican who is great in the TV-show and also in the book.

Juliet Marillier's "Den of Wolves" was a great ending to the Blackthorn and Grim fantasy series.

Another Star Trek: TNG book "Do Comets Dream?" by S. P. Somtow was a good read. The TNG crew is sent to a planet where the main culture/religion believes that it will come to an end every 5000 years and the end is happening in just a few days. The crew finds that a comet is indeed on a collision course with the planet. What to do?

J.Y. Yang's "The Black Tides of Heaven" is the first in a fantasy novella series set in an Eastern setting. The novella follows 35 years in the life of Akeha, one of twin children born to the Protector, who is the tyrant ruler of the Protectorate. They?re the youngest of her children and not political pawns as such. They're raised in a monastery until Akeha's twin Mokoya is revealed to be a prophet and then they're whisked to the court. When they're 18 Akeha leaves. It's a bit choppy because of the quick jumps in the timeline but fascinatingly original.

JY Yang's "The Red Threds of Fortune" is a the follow-up to "the Black Tides of Heaven", set some years after the first book. The main character is Mokoya, who has lost the prophetic visions after a terrible tragedy. Very different in structure and tone, just as good as the first one.

"Night and Silence" by Seanan McGuire is the 12th book in the Toby Daye urban fantasy series and it's still going strong. I love the characters and the various fae races. This time Toby's estragned, human daugther has vanished and Toby must find her.

Only three more to go!

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