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GoryDetails
of Nashua, New Hampshire USA on 3/17/2023
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
GoryDetails of Nashua, New Hampshire USA on 3/17/2023 This Book is Currently in the Wild!
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I got this ex-library hardcover from Better World Books. (I'd enjoyed the audiobook version and wanted a text copy to release.) It's the 8th novel in the fantasy/police-procedural "Rivers of London" series, of which I've enjoyed several other books - some in audio form, very well done - and several graphic-novel stories such as this one. (The series begins with Rivers of London, released as Midnight Riot in the US; this volume follows the events of Lies Sleeping.)
This was another entertaining entry in the series, though it opened with something of a shocker: Peter Grant, awaiting the birth of his child with river goddess Beverly Brook, is... looking for a new job? Wait, what? How can he leave the police force and his apprenticeship with Nightingale, and...
Ah, yes, I see! Not a huge spoiler to find, early on, that he's actually going undercover at a high-tech firm as a security guard, where there are some strange things in the works. But our Peter may have some trouble maintaining professional detachment while - for the sake of the case, of course - befriending his co-workers.
Lots of fun elements here, from the amusing (and all too familiar from my own software-development days) techies to the increasingly unnerving biomechanical/AI/3D-printed threats. The usual banter is here, and we meet several entrancing new characters, including a shady American mage/trickster/possible-ally/possible-traitor whose interactions with Peter are hilarious. Oh, and that guy's boss is an American librarian of advanced years, who gets into a showdown with Thomas Nightingale that demonstrates how two high-level masters of their arts go about fighting. [It's powerful. It's scary. And both of them seem to be enjoying themselves immensely, which made me grin.]
The story features serious homage to the early days of automation, as well as to some questions as to where it might go in the not-too-distant future - even leaving out magic influences. Great fun!
The series continues with Amongst Our Weapons.
[There's a TV Tropes page on the series, with some entertaining tidbits.]
This was another entertaining entry in the series, though it opened with something of a shocker: Peter Grant, awaiting the birth of his child with river goddess Beverly Brook, is... looking for a new job? Wait, what? How can he leave the police force and his apprenticeship with Nightingale, and...
Ah, yes, I see! Not a huge spoiler to find, early on, that he's actually going undercover at a high-tech firm as a security guard, where there are some strange things in the works. But our Peter may have some trouble maintaining professional detachment while - for the sake of the case, of course - befriending his co-workers.
Lots of fun elements here, from the amusing (and all too familiar from my own software-development days) techies to the increasingly unnerving biomechanical/AI/3D-printed threats. The usual banter is here, and we meet several entrancing new characters, including a shady American mage/trickster/possible-ally/possible-traitor whose interactions with Peter are hilarious. Oh, and that guy's boss is an American librarian of advanced years, who gets into a showdown with Thomas Nightingale that demonstrates how two high-level masters of their arts go about fighting. [It's powerful. It's scary. And both of them seem to be enjoying themselves immensely, which made me grin.]
The story features serious homage to the early days of automation, as well as to some questions as to where it might go in the not-too-distant future - even leaving out magic influences. Great fun!
The series continues with Amongst Our Weapons.
[There's a TV Tropes page on the series, with some entertaining tidbits.]
Journal Entry 2 by GoryDetails at Rt. 101A (See Notes For Details) in Amherst, New Hampshire USA on Wednesday, March 22, 2023
GoryDetails at Rt. 101A (See Notes For Details) in Amherst, New Hampshire USA on Wednesday, March 22, 2023
Released 1 yr ago (3/22/2023 UTC) at Rt. 101A (See Notes For Details) in Amherst, New Hampshire USA
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
I plan to leave this book on a bench in the entrance of PastAmore restaurant while meeting friends there for lunch. Hope someone enjoys the book! [See other recent releases in NH here.]
** Released for the 2023 Celebrate the Irish challenge, for the mostly-green cover. **
