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“The Dead Cat Tail Assassins are not cats. Nor do they have tails. But they are most assuredly dead.”

The Dead Cat Tail Assassins by P. Djeli Clark

September 21, 2024 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

Bingo 16: Cult This is “cult” in the sense of member of a guild of undead assassins dedicated to a specific goddess, not exactly in the sense of abusive religious or otherwise controlling organization. The Dead Cat Tail Assassins is a novella centering on Eveen who is a member of the titular guild of killers for hire dedicated to their goddess Aeril. The undead thing is part of the membership; somehow, when you dedicate yourself to this goddess and her cult, you have to die […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: #fantasy, cbr16bingo, novella, P. Djèlí Clark, The Dead Cat Tail Assassins

CoffeeShopReader's CBR16 Review No:55 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: #fantasy, cbr16bingo, novella, P. Djèlí Clark, The Dead Cat Tail Assassins ·
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“That’s life. Short and stupid.”

The Dead Cat Tail Assassins by P. Djeli Clark

August 10, 2024 by ElCicco 3 Comments

Cbr16bingo Rage This short novel could fit several different bingo squares: tech, because P. Djeli Clark creates steampunk worlds with amazing machines and inventions; bananas, because all kinds of wild stuff happens in this story. But I have decided to go with Rage because much of what drives the action is rooted in the rage of an anonymous entity intent on murder and the rage of a goddess named Aeril, Matron of Assassins and big-time foodie. This is a bloody, action-packed and immensely entertaining story […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: #fantasy, CBR16, cbr16bingo, ElCicco, Fiction, P. Djèlí Clark, The Dead Cat Tail Assassins

ElCicco's CBR16 Review No:34 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: #fantasy, CBR16, cbr16bingo, ElCicco, Fiction, P. Djèlí Clark, The Dead Cat Tail Assassins ·
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May the gods favor you this night, dead thing!

The Dead Cat Tail Assassins by P. Djèlí Clark

July 23, 2024 by Emmalita 3 Comments

If you haven’t read P. Djèlí Clark yet, you are denying yourself some of the finest fantasy writing currently available. As he proved in one of my all time favorite novellas, A Dead Djinn in Cairo, he can build a whole world with just a few details. In The Dead Cat Tail Assassins, he has left au earth and has built a whole new world in the port city of Tal Abisi. I don’t feel like I should tell you much about the plot. The […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: advance reader copy, NetGalley, P. Djèlí Clark, The Dead Cat Tail Assassins

Emmalita's CBR16 Review No:48 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: advance reader copy, NetGalley, P. Djèlí Clark, The Dead Cat Tail Assassins ·
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