Title: The Winds of Dune
Author: Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson
Rating: ★ ★ ★
Publisher: Tor
Copyright: 2009
Pages: 448
Keywords: science fiction
Reading period: 5–12 June, 2010
The Winds of Dune is another interquel in the Dune franchise,
following on from Paul of Dune,
taking place between Dune Messiah and Children of Dune.
The Emperor Paul Atreides has disappeared into the desert,
leaving behind his new-born twins
and his half-mad sister Alia as the Regent.
His mother Jessica arrives from Caladan
and comes to understand a great deal about her son's legacy,
and the galaxy-wide Jihad that had grown beyond his control.
Title: The Trade of Queens
Author: Charles Stross
Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★
Publisher: Tor
Copyright: 2010
Pages: 303
Keywords: fantasy
Reading period: 12 June, 2010
Sixth and final book in the Merchant Princes series,
sequel to The Revolution Business.
Everything's going to hell in all three parallel worlds,
our United States, the Gruinmarkt, and New Britain.
The conservative faction of the world-walking Clan
has launched a nuclear attack on the U.S.—and the U.S. is going strike back, hard.
The only realistic option for the progressive wing
is to find sanctuary in New Britain,
where the monarchy was recently overthrown in a bloody revolution.
Charlie Stross brings the series to a haunting,
nuclear-fired conclusion.
Title: Requiem for an Angel
Author: Andrew Taylor
Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ½
Publisher: HarperCollins
Copyright: 2002
Pages: 914
Keywords: mystery
Reading period: 16–28 May, 2010
Requiem for an Angel is subtitled “The Secret History of a Murderer”;
it is also known as the Roth Trilogy.
The Four Last Things is a psychological thriller set in the present day
(late 90s, when it was written).
Four-year-old Lucy Appleyard is abducted in London by the dimwitted Eddie.
We follow her mother, the Rev. Sally Appleyard, as she disintegrates.
Her husband, Michael, is the godson of David Byfield.
We also follow Eddie who comes to realize that his partner Angel
is quite terrifying.
The Judgement of Strangers's …continue.