I dearly love the Harry Dresden books but I think Butcher
has outdone himself with this new series.
Skyscraper communities that avoid the surface of the planet and trade
and war with air ships provide the setting for this intriguing book. As normal with Butcher the relationships and
depiction of courage, honor, loyalty and other laudable characteristics are
imbued in his characters.
Butcher does a superior job in creating an environment that is
uniquely his. The people are the
strength of the story but his stage setting provides the glue that makes the
plot soar.
References to possible creatures in future books merely whet
the appetite for more reading. The
sentience and behavior of cats as exhibited by Rowl certainly show Butcher has
had plenty of exposure to the egocentric felines. I have mentioned repeatedly that
anthropomorphism is one of my favorite subjects. Butcher does a very good job with that. Inklings of sentience in aspects of
transportation set up the potential for some interesting future
communications.
I highly recommend the book.
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This book may have been received free of charge from a publisher or a publicist. That will NEVER have a bearing on my recommendations.
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