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A Drop of Corruption by Robert Jackson Bennet is the second book in the dystopian mystery series Shadow of the Leviathan. Mr. Bennett is an award-winning author.
- 480 pages
- Publisher : Del Rey
- Language : English
- ISBN-10 : 0593723821
My rating for The Tainted Cup — 4
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Thoughts:
I enjoy the high-fantasy in the author’s books and his world building. While I’m not much of a fan for detective novels, I enjoyed the first book in the series,The Tainted Cup, very much. In this installment, the author took a more deliberate, slower approach
The magic of the first book was the banter between Ana and Din, but in A Drop of Corruption by Robert Jackson Bennett Ana shows up somewhere in the middle. The ending is great as Ana figures out who the murder is, but it took a while to get there.
The eccentric detective and their admiring assistant is not a new invention, but it’s done very well. The series is well crafted, layered and each book has a satisfying ending. Mr. Jackson doesn’t leave us wondering about the mysteries of the world he built, and I actually got answers on several of the questions I had.
There’s a lot going on in both books, but I though this book had a lot more information to absorb besides the mystery. Not that I would have figured it out anyway.
The world building gets a bit complicated, and detailed but frankly I really enjoyed that part. The author’s note is also fascinating as Mr. Bennet discuss our fascination with royalty, even though there are more fallen kingdoms than active ones. Fear not though, as Yuval Noah Harrari mentioned in Nexus, maybe with the rise of AI, information and stories can filter to one person, maybe kings and queens of yore will be back.
Synopsis:
Ana Dolabra, a brilliant, augmented investigator, and her assistant Dinios Kol are sent to the edge of the Empire to investigate an impossible crime. A Treasury officer has disappeared without a trace from a locked room, in a guarded building.
Almost immediately Ana detects that they’re investigating a murder, done by an adversary who moves like a ghost. Worst, the killer is targeting a high-security compound, the Shroud, where the Empire’s greatest minds dissect fallen Titans and extract their magical blood.
Buy The Tainted Cup from Amazon.com*
Shadow of the Leviathan Book Series*
More Books by Robert Jackson Bennett*
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Disclaimer: I got this book for free
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