Took a while to get going, but as one of the reviews I read when I was considering putting this first instalment of the Soldier’s Son trilogy aside advised, it really does get going once our hero gets to Military College.
A very masculine novel on the surface, but as Nevare Burvelle grows up it’s amusing to see him slowly start to realise that women do politics, have ambitions and lead too.
Publisher page: Shaman’s Crossing – Robin Hobb
Too clever. Too complicated. Too many characters. Too many strands to keep track of.
Also, quite gruesome in places.
Publisher page: Lost Acre – Andrew Caldecott
Peter Grant goes undercover in the high tech world around Silicon Roundabout, and he, and we, have close encounters with some American Practitioners, a Mary Engine and Rose Jars.
Author page: False Value – Ben Aaronovitch
Titan goddess, Daughter of Helios, Unloved child, Witch, Lover of Odysseus, all I knew of Circe was that she turned Odysseus’ sailors into pigs….
In her marvellous retelling of this Greek Myth, Madeline Miller places the focus firmly on Circe – a goddess with more than the touch of the mortal about her than usual.
Author page: Circe – Madeline Miller
A novella sized trip to Trier, and a murder investigation by the German Police’s parallel Peter Grant. Plus a couple of river goddesses, vineyards and Botrytis cinerea aka noble rot.
Author page: The October Man – Ben Aaronovitch