Ah... we finally learn what happened to Vlad's memory about his relationship with Cawti! I love his youthful giddiness, but it's also quite sad, really, that he's forced to make a choice about what to remember.
Tsalmoth is the next installment in Steven Brust’s bestselling Vlad Taltos series―hold on to your hats and get ready for another swashbuckling adventure!
First comes love. Then comes marriage…
Vlad Taltos is in love. With a former assassin who may just be better than he is at the Game. Women like this don’t come along every day and no way is he passing up a sure bet.
So a wedding is being planned. Along with a shady deal gone wrong and a dead man who owes Vlad money. Setting up the first and trying to deal with the second is…
Talk about diversity and inclusion! Doesn't matter whether you're blind, deaf, missing a pair of legs, autistic, or itentify as LGBTQ... you belong on Iris's crew! There's no such thing as "disability" if there's a way to accommodate your needs. The book reads like a weekly episodic TV show, so if you're a fan of Star Trek TNG (which I am), it's like bingeing the series. Iris & the Crew is unlike any other book I've read, I loved the story, I couldn't put it down, and I cannot wait for the sequel!
In a galactic network known as the Keangal, where space is accessible.
Lieutenant Eileen Iris and the command crew of the S.S. SpoonZ haven't a clue what it means to be disabled. An unexpected conversation with an intergalactic janitor brings up the question but offers no answers before he's 'ported away.
Unfazed, duties resume as Iris manages an overprotective guidebot; Security Chief Lartha and her sentient prostheses offer kick-ass protection; Mr. Herbert's inventiveness is a godsend (although he's not quite grasped how to flirt); Commander Davan's affable personality comes through whether trumpeted, texted, or signed; and Captain Warq's gracious but…
I just love the characters in Louise Penny's Inspector Gamache novels. Though I find the "head hopping" a little irritating, I accept that it allows me to see what's going on in each character's mind, so it works. This story of betrayal and forgiveness is intense, emotional and enormously satisfying.
Former Chief Inspector Gamache has been hunting killers his entire career and as the new commander of the Surete Academy, he is given the chance to combat the corruption and brutality that has been rife throughout the force. But when a former colleague and professor of the Surete Academy is found murdered, with a mysterious map of Three Pines in his possession, Gamache has an even tougher task ahead of him.
When suspicion turns to Gamache himself, and his possible involvement in the crime, the frantic search for answers takes the investigation to the village of Three Pines, where a…
She plunged her blade into his chest, feeling it grind along his ribs...
Outcast swordfighter, Kyer Halidan, was abandoned in a cornfield at age three. Now, twenty years on, she’s searching for answers: Who left her there? And why?
Kyer doesn't suffer fools, and when she kills a man in a duel, her life takes a dangerous turn. She catches the eye of legendary hero, Valrayker, and he pulls her into his company for a high-stakes mission to save a village. However, Kyer's past comes back to haunt her as she is stalked and captured by the allies of the man she killed. They will stop at nothing to find out what she knows.
Just when all hope seems lost, Kyer is rescued by an inexplicable magic that raises suspicions among her friends and enemies alike. As trust crumbles and danger closes in, Kyer must defy orders and challenge those she swore to follow.
As for her true identity, Valrayker has his own suspicions, but he's keeping those secrets to himself...for now. Gatekeeper's Key is what happens when you drop Katniss Everdeen into Lord of the Rings -- a thrilling start to a fantasy series full of danger, intrigue, mysterious magic, scheming villains, humour, sword-wielding badassery, and dark consequences.
