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Silk Fire
Silk Fire | Zabé Ellor
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Set in a planet-sized matriarchal city where magic and technology freely bleed together, a male courtesan’s quest for vengeance against his aristocrat father draws him into an ancient struggle between dragons, necromancers, and his home district’s violent history. Koré knew that meddling in politics could end badly, particularly when trying to sabotage his aristocratic father’s campaign before it destroys the city he has come to love. And when a chance encounter with a dying god imbues him with magic-breathing powers, it gets worse: he suddenly becomes a commodity – and a political player. But the corruption in his city runs deeper than just one man, and an ally's betrayal unleashes an army of the dead on his home street. Koré must trust the world with his deepest secret to stand beside the woman and man he's finally let himself love, as only the bright truth of dragon's fire can break the iron fist of a necromancer's hold.
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Silk Fire | Zabé Ellor
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Reading on the beach ðŸï¸ #sandiegosummer

RinaBrahmbhattBarot So beautiful!!! How did you manage to stay focused on reading? 1y
Texreader Gorgeous!! 1y
TheBookDream @RinaBrahmbhattBarot with difficulty 😂 1y
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Silk Fire | Zabé Ellor
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Zabé Ellor‘s debut novel mixes fantasy and SF with LGBTQ+ characters and erotic romance to dull effect. There are too many ideas for the storyline to be coherent or gripping and the self-pitying Koré swerves between seeing sex work as a salvation and as something done by broken people. Twists are telegraphed far too early, the antagonists are caricatures and I simply didn‘t get what Ria or Faziz see in Koré beyond the physical.