Gonna revisit Butcher's Crossing sometime soon. That'll probably be an annual re-read for me going forward
Started the Blackwing series by Ed Mcdonald. It tells the story of Ryhalt Galharrow and his increasingly desperate quest to save the Republic from an invasion by the Deep Kings, ancient inhuman sorcerers of near god-like power. Loving it so far.
Halfway through Demon in White (book 3 of Sun Eater by Christopher Ruocchio) and man, Hadrian Marlowe is rocketing up my list of favorite characters.
Taking a break from vampire books (for now) and about to start Little Heaven by Nick Cutter. I loved The Troop and this seems to be written in a completely different vein, so I’m excited to get going.
Surprised there isn't any talk about how Gaiman is sexual predator and a monster. https://www.vulture.com/article/neil-gaiman-allegations-controversy-amanda-palmer-sandman-madoc.html
I saw stories about the allegations months ago. Didnt realize there was a full article out diving into them. Terrible stuff.
The End of Loneliness: A Novel https://a.co/d/3ceuJwF Just finished this and it’s the best book I’ve read in many, many years. Don’t remember who recommended it to me but if it was someone on this board, thank you very much.
Started The Mercy of Gods by James S.A.Corey, the authors that wrote The Expanse series. Only on chapter 8 but enjoying it so far. Truman you’ve already read this, right?
I did. Those guys have such a unique writing style, it instantly felt nostalgic reading them again. We talked about the book a little bit in The Expanse thread, but prob should create it's own
Through Chapter 8, although its really an Expanse spoiler not a Mercy of the Gods one. Spoiler Not looking for answers but feels like they could easily be having this story take place in the same universe as The Expanse. The comment about humans not being native to Anjiin but the reason for them being there being lost to time would make sense if a colony had gone there before the gates were all closed.
!!! I made almost the same comment! A dumb theory I formed around chapter 10 - for anyone that ends up reading this. Spoiler Humans end up on Anjiin, then struggle to survive, and eventually co-survive on the planet with the native species. My crazy far-out theory - We're in The Expanse Universe. Humans traveled there via the Ring Network, got cut off and stayed there. Mercy of Gods takes place 1000s ??? of years later. Probably wrong. Probably dumb. But I will think this is the case until proven otherwise. Most likely by one of you that saw something completely obvious that I missed But rv12 said the authors said it's a different universe and they're done w The Expanse. Womp womp