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Two books I bought today judged solely by their covers.

The Alien Way has a cover by my favourite sci fi artist, Bruce Pennington, so the contents are secondary, but for what it's worth, it's an alien invasion story which sounds like it could be pretty good.
A Book of the Sea beguiled me with that sailing ship, but the contents are not short stories, which I'd assumed, but extracts from longer works, which I tend not to like, but 🤷‍♂️

99p on Kindle for anyone that likes a Greek myth type story

#ukkindledeal #99ponkindle

Finished the second for this month but won't get to the third alas.

Keeper of the Keys was beautifully written and I'm be eager to finish the trilogy.
#ROLL100
@PuddleJumper

I just got this in the Prime sale. I‘ve wanted to read this for way too long!! Maybe soon. ♥️♥️

I really like what Daniel is doing by telling the same story through different viewpoints, but instead of different individual POVs, using class as the distinction. And particularly how that subverts or works across genre norms, since the series moves from underclass to middle class to, presumably, elites in the finale. Really interested to see how this series ends.

Next

July's #Roll100

Hopefully I can get to all of them. We'll see!

@PuddleJumper

I was sick this weekend and I blew through this whole series over a couple of days in bed. Very readable, enjoyed the ride. That being said KJ Parker does re-write the same characters over and over. It is a problem. If they could hold the attention of my foggy brain then that has to be a major plus point, but certainly there are a few ruts he's been digging into for twenty years now where I'm like oh we're doing this again. Soft pick.

There's no formal training for battlefield salvage. You just have to pick things up as you go along. Swords, armour, arrows - and the bodies, of course.
So the series begins. But just who is Saevus Corax really?
I love love love Parker's black humor and his deeply flawed and twisty characters. Things are never quite what they seem in his books. So be ready for a surpising ride.

#Doublespin @TheAromaofBooks