New Steph Swainston Castle books announced
2007-Apr-16, Monday 09:25![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
matgbWell, this is nice timing. My reading for the journey to Yorkshire and back was ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-syndicated.gif)
steph_swainston's[2] The Year of Our War, I've mentioned it more than a few times before, I've just now switched on to the follow up, No Present Like Time, partially because the third book, The Modern World, is due out later this month, and I've just had them returned to me after ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
faeriecween returned them; a long loan to herself, jantshira[1] and others. Today, first entry on my friends page is the announcement that she's signed up to write two more books set in the same background. If'n you haven't read her stuff yet, there are previews of the first chapter of each on her site. My first reread yesterday, was struck by some of the little details I'd missed before; rope-drawn trams powered by waterwheels, Jant's normally wearing jeans and a t-shirt, etc. Seriously, a fantasy novel about fighting Insects in which the main character is a drug addict immortal and the only living man who can fly. Very very good.
[1] Lucinda created her LJ just over a year ago, her username is that of the main character/narrator, Jant Shira. That she did this after reading the books, which she got after Christy had had them from me, shows how long the loan was, n'est ce pas?
[2]ETA:tyrell's description:
steph_swainston's[2] The Year of Our War, I've mentioned it more than a few times before, I've just now switched on to the follow up, No Present Like Time, partially because the third book, The Modern World, is due out later this month, and I've just had them returned to me after faeriecween returned them; a long loan to herself, jantshira[1] and others. Today, first entry on my friends page is the announcement that she's signed up to write two more books set in the same background. If'n you haven't read her stuff yet, there are previews of the first chapter of each on her site. My first reread yesterday, was struck by some of the little details I'd missed before; rope-drawn trams powered by waterwheels, Jant's normally wearing jeans and a t-shirt, etc. Seriously, a fantasy novel about fighting Insects in which the main character is a drug addict immortal and the only living man who can fly. Very very good.[1] Lucinda created her LJ just over a year ago, her username is that of the main character/narrator, Jant Shira. That she did this after reading the books, which she got after Christy had had them from me, shows how long the loan was, n'est ce pas?
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tyrell's description: (who, judging from her writing, is incredibly sexy yet scary as fuck), which is something I concur with.
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Date: 2007-Apr-16, Monday 12:41 (UTC)I really like Jant, very much someone I could've turned out like - in terms of character flaws - if live had gone a slightly different way.