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Justina Robson
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Publisher | Gollancz | ||
ISBN | 978-057507907 | ||
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Ann
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Synopsis
The Quantum Bomb of 2015 changed everything. The fabric that kept the universe's different dimensions apart was torn and now, six years later, the people of earth exist in uneasy company with the inhabitants of, amongst others, the elven, elemental and demonic realms. Magic is real and can be even more dangerous than technology. Elves are exotic, erotic, dangerous and really bored with the constant Lord of the Rings references. Elementals are a law unto themselves and demons are best left well to themselves. Special agent Lila Black used to be pretty but now she's not so sure. Her body is now more than half restless carbon and metal alloy machinery. A machine shes barely in control of. It goes into combat mode, enough weapons for a small army springing from within itself, at the merest provocation. As for her heart ...well ever since being drawn into a Game by the elven rockstar she's been assigned to protect, she's not even sure she can trust that anymore either.
Review
Another version of urban fantasy, this time with a semi-bionic heroine and multiple faerie, elven and demon interacting worlds set in modern day America.
Interesting concepts but too complicated to take in easily and yet with insufficient detail to catch the reader. The bike riding heroine, who has been rebuilt after a near fatal accident so that she can be used for secret government missions, is in the early stages of learning to live with her bionics and seems singularly inept in her job of guarding the rockstar elf.
As the first in the series, there's a lot of scene setting which is a bit annoying, but the touches of humour are good - loved the idea of the elf shooting up on elementals !
Can't see where this is going, which may be encouraging, but do hope that the next one in the series is more believable.
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