The Goddess Gambit

The Goddess Gambit is an ambitious novel melding fantasy, mythology and science fiction (specifically mecha, robots and transhumanism). As a lover of role-playing games (TRPGs), the world struck me as RIFTS like in scope, featuring different dimensions, aliens, monsters and mystical powers, but is certainly NO COPY OF. The author did a fantastic job of world-building and pulling all the elements together in a fine-tuned novel that is expected to span further volumes, with this first one ending on a tense, foreboding note that was completely unexpected. This is definitely a novel that spans a variety of genres and will easily appeal to a great number of readers.