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Palace Intrigue of the Highest Levels

The Kingdom of Copper by S. A. Chakraborty

April 3, 2025 by elderberrywine 2 Comments

Here we are in the second of the Daevabad Trilogy, and unlike many another trilogy, the second volume does not disappoint (nor the third, spoiler alert).  Nahri, former street rat healer, and her companion, Dara, otherwise known as the scourge of Qui-zi for the murderous campaign he was forced to commit, have made it to the hidden djinn stronghold of Daevabad, supposedly the site where the various djinn people live in harmony.  Except they don’t. Daevabad was once ruled by the Nahid, a tribe of […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: Arab fantasy, Battles of the most fantastical kind, Djinns galore, Mysterious parentage, Palace politics, S.A. Chakraborty, Unexpected allies

elderberrywine's CBR17 Review No:15 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: Arab fantasy, Battles of the most fantastical kind, Djinns galore, Mysterious parentage, Palace politics, S.A. Chakraborty, Unexpected allies ·
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Know When to Fold

The Marrowbone Marble Company by Glenn Taylor

January 30, 2025 by elderberrywine Leave a Comment

When I grew up, the surfaces of my childhood were sand, scraggly Bermuda grass, and gravelly asphalt for roads.  My parents, who grew up back East, had skills that I never had an opportunity to learn as a child, such as roller skating.  Even learning to ride a bike was a fairly dodgy proposition.  And one of those old school skills, for my Dad, was shooting marbles.  I understand he was pretty damned good at it.  The “Marble”, in the title of this book, is […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History Tagged With: Chicago hit man, Glenn Taylor, Indigenous characters, Jim Crow Society, Marbles - maufacture & playing & championships, Mid Century West Virginia, Unexpected allies

elderberrywine's CBR17 Review No:5 · Genres: Fiction, History · Tags: Chicago hit man, Glenn Taylor, Indigenous characters, Jim Crow Society, Marbles - maufacture & playing & championships, Mid Century West Virginia, Unexpected allies ·
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