Lauren OK
“Someone, after all, must do the undignified labor to keep the grand works of our era from tumbling down.”
Well I read this book two years too late! This murder mystery is set in a fantasy world where sea walls are built to keep out leviathans, people are augmented or altered with certain physical and/or mental prowess, and contagions are more dangerous than ever.
In the height of wet season (where leviathans are ready to breach the wall), mysterious murders abound. Din, our narrator, must aid Ana in figuring out how all these engineers died from a plant-based contagion. Din is this bumbling rule-follower augmented for perfect memory recall, and Ana is…overstimulated. She wears a blindfold at virtually all times, and relies on Din to be her eyes and ears.
But Ana is fantastic. My favorite part of this book by far. Through Din’s POV we’re given a front row seat to her antics and witticisms. She’s sarcastic, pointed, and philosophical at times, and poor Din is trying to keep up all the while harboring a secret.
I had so much fun with this, and I’m curious to see if we get any more insight into the leviathans in future books 👀
“Someone, after all, must do the undignified labor to keep the grand works of our era from tumbling down.”
Well I read this book two years too late! This murder mystery is set in a fantasy world where sea walls are built to keep out leviathans, people are augmented or altered with certain physical and/or mental prowess, and contagions are more dangerous than ever.
In the height of wet season (where leviathans are ready to breach the wall), mysterious murders abound. Din, our narrator, must aid Ana in figuring out how all these engineers died from a plant-based contagion. Din is this bumbling rule-follower augmented for perfect memory recall, and Ana is…overstimulated. She wears a blindfold at virtually all times, and relies on Din to be her eyes and ears.
But Ana is fantastic. My favorite part of this book by far. Through Din’s POV we’re given a front row seat to her antics and witticisms. She’s sarcastic, pointed, and philosophical at times, and poor Din is trying to keep up all the while harboring a secret.
I had so much fun with this, and I’m curious to see if we get any more insight into the leviathans in future books 👀