Default three star rating.The Good:-This book raises questions about the nature of humanity, and sentience, and robotics-I think this could be a very good book club book in terms of the discussion (and I read this for book club, so bonus)-I like the world itself. Even without a lot of specific d...
She had her sword in one hand and her pistol in the other, though she was still dressed like a princess.“Do you know who it is?” I asked.The smell of smoke was everywhere.“Not any of the Hariri allies that I know about.”I slumped with relief, dropping my sword to my side.“They’re here because of ...
Images flashed by: An enormous, shattered dome, the glass blackened from the explosion. Ice that had melted and refrozen after the fire had been put out, into eerie, indefinable shapes. And the crops. The rows and rows of crops, now all dead and wil...
The room was full of dust and sunlight. She brought up the list of all the networked computers in the house and stared at it for a long time, her fingers tapping the table. Which computer held the information she wanted? Not the antiquated learning slabs tucked away in b...
It was an old book, a gift from some visiting dignitary or other who had heard about my love of the swamps. When I was a little girl, I'd been mad about them. I thought I'd outgrown the obsession, but banishment will send you wheeling back to your childhood, apparently.I was sitting in one of the...
It was a much smaller boat than the Crocus, but belowdecks was well cared for: the holes in the ceiling patched, the floor dry. The hearth had been cleaned of old ashes, and there was an actual bed in the captain’s cabin, with a small, hay-stuffed mattress. After weeks of sleeping on cots and ham...
I wasn't expecting a garden, not this far into the desert, and the sight of it put me on edge. Everything about this commission suggested it was simple, routine -- but these flowers spoke of magic. I did not want to deal with magic tonight. I wasn't supposed to deal with magic tonight. I thread...