5/12/2023 0 Comments God's War by Kameron Hurley![]() ![]() Other details, like why Nyx’s team is so loyal to her and the relationships between Nyx and the various arms of the government, lack an equal amount of lucidity. The novel is littered with disjointed blanks that demand filling and the first fifty pages are more of a novella than the opening to a novel. It is, in fact, somewhat of a failure as a narrative. What makes God’s War such an accomplishment has little to do with plot. Of course, her team isn’t the only one looking. ![]() Once a government sponsored bel dame (assassin), Nyx has been down her luck for a while when she’s called before the Nasheen Queen to hunt down an alien who might have access to genetic technology that could end the never ending war between Chenja and Nasheen. She’s got an unlucky team around her, headlined by the not so talented magician, Rhys, whose good looks and steady hands make up for his deficiencies. She’s rather good at her job, mostly because she manages to chop off the heads of anyone dumb enough to get in her way. ![]() It’s the kind of novel that plants a flag, making a statement about the deficiencies of genre fiction and challenging societal perceptions as a matter of course. God’s War by Kameron Hurley, subsequently nominated for a Nebula Award, was the mother ship of that movement. Beginning with Paolo Bacigalupi’s The Windup Girl three years ago, Night Shade Books has made a concerted effort to produce meaningful debut novels. ![]()
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