Balladaire, the colonists, is basically France, and the colonies are reminiscent of Maghreb. What I also did not expect was for this universe to have French colonial inspirations. I found myself having to take long breaks because of all the twists and turns in the story, and when I thought the characters (Touraine especially) were going to finally catch a break, something new and world-changing happened. You don’t have time to breathe with this book (in the best of ways). Everyone was very excited about the book, and I bought it knowing it was queer and awesome (and hearing a lot about Touraine’s arms, which, fair!) but I think this is the first time I truly understand the meaning of “fast paced”. The truth is, they’re both trying to do their best, but they do the maths wrong a lot of the time, and could things just happen right for them just once?Īs you can see, I had a lot of feelings about this book, and these characters. Also Nominatedīy Arkady Martine, published by Tor and Tor UKīy P.You know second hand embarrassment? These characters gave me that same sensation, but in terms of “nooooo why are you doing that you feckin eejit!” instead of, like, embarrassment. Through assassinations and massacres, in bedrooms and war rooms, Touraine and Luca will haggle over the price of a nation. Someone who can sway the rebels toward peace, while Luca focuses on what really matters: getting her uncle off her throne. Someone desperate enough to tiptoe the bayonet’s edge between treason and orders. But now, her company has been sent back to her homeland to stop a rebellion, and the ties of blood may be stronger than she thought.
Stolen as a child and raised to kill and die for the empire, her only loyalty is to her fellow conscripts. On the far outreaches of a crumbling desert empire, two women–a princess and a soldier–will haggle over the price of a nation in this richly imagined, breath-taking sapphic epic fantasy filled with rebellion, espionage, and assassinations. Clark (Published by Orbit US and Orbit UK)
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