A Shroud of Night and Tears
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My review -
This
third volume in the Beyond the Wall series brings characters from the preceding
two together and gives the reader a bigger picture. This is a longer book than
its predecessors and a really exciting and meaty read. Lucas Bale doesn’t
merely tell you about his settings, he has the ability to take you there. We
have followed several groups of people, been let into the politics of the group
and their repressive ‘Republic’ and we’ve felt the desire they have to be free.
They are all fitted with implants and heavily monitored by security cameras and
gunships. It’s all a bit grim.
There
are several brilliant revelatory moments in this book. I felt as if I’d been
gazing at my navel then suddenly looked up. The author has the ability to
change your view of his world in a sentence or two and it happens here more
than once. I soon tire of the kind of science fiction which is just one
relentless war after another but this is all driven by people. It’s like
studying something at a cellular level and I’m left wanting to know what’s
going to happen now. This is intelligently conceived and elegantly written
science fiction and I’ve found this series getting better with each book.
I
received an advance copy for review.
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