Book description
He was sent to kill a pest. Instead, he found a monster.
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Enter the decadent, deadly city of Tiliard, a metropolis carved into the stump of an ancient tree. In its canopy, the pampered elite warp minds with toxic…
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Why read it?
1 author picked The Works of Vermin as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Original world-building (a decadent city in a tree stump in the middle of a poisonous river), a host of venomous bugs, operas in which losing a stage duel means you really do die in Act III, bespoke perfumes that are armour, seduction, and propaganda combined, and a plot twist that made me want to start the book again just to figure out how they did it. I listened to this as an audiobook and have to include a shout-out to narrator Max Meyers for his masterful handling of a tricky assignment. And yes, I did buy the hardcover edition just…
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