Max Gladstone's newest book The Ruin of Angels is another installment of his excellent Craft Series -- which re-imagines modern global finance in a fantasy milieu. There's a couple of excellent bits of dialog I want to excerpt here:
First -- Kia is talking with R'ok about its past dealings with Kai's sister Ley. R'ok is a spider-mantis demon-thing made of glass:
Kai felt something twist in her stomach. “Were you and Ley close?”
“We never slept together, if that’s what you mean,” R’ok said.
“Is that even— I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to—”
“Quite all right. It is possible, if one is willing to be patient and respect the range and diversity of . . . apparatus. But, no.
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Later on, Zedda is talking to Vogel, a zombie crime lord she owes money to:
“I wanted to talk about my debt,” Zeddig said.
“I’m listening.”
“You mentioned a train job.”
“It’s a job,” Vogel said. “There’s a train involved. The rest is somewhat negotiable.”
Good stuff and highly recommended.
I"m never going to get through Virconium if you keep posting about my must-reads like this ...
ReplyDeleteAlso, where's the number in the title?!?
ReplyDeleteJoanne McLernon No number in the title but it is the sixth book in the series. Also, are you enjoying Virconium?
ReplyDeleteBlue Gargantua I am! I can just see myself interrupting it for this book, because I love the Craft series so much.
ReplyDeleteI should really read the rest of those. Only read Two Serpents so far. Max Gladstone is one of my housemate's favorite authors.
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