New Amsterdam

Elizabeth Bear
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New Amsterdam

spoltz
9/26/2014
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Extract: I decided to read this book to complete the Elizabeth Noun challenge: read one book by each author named Elizabeth with a noun for a last name (the others being Moon and Hand). The premise sounded great, a wampry (vampire) and an alcoholic magician join forces to solve murder mysteries in an alternative history where the American colonies remained parts of the British and Dutch empires. Within ten pages, my mind numbed, my eyes glazed, and I wondered how I was ever going to get through it...

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