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Volk: A Novel of Radiant Abomination by David Nickle

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5.0

It's usually a bad sign when Joseph Goebbels enters a narrative, but in this case I felt it was quite all right. The setting and historical context are so well established in "Volk" that this pinched little fellow's brief appearance doesn't seem out of place. His Nazi colleagues have been busy little bees, establishing nudist übermenschen colonies in Bavaria and having fun with eugenics. And because Nazis can't help themselves, they've also been meddling with those Jukes from "Eutopia".

The Waggoners, now living in Paris, can't abide this nonsense and gather their posse for some world-saving. It's as entertaining as it sounds, in a chilling sort of way, and the ending was quite intriguing (what is this devilry? will there be a third book?). There is a shocking lack of reviews of this book on GR so far, and I can only assume it's because people are busy reading "Eutopia" before starting on this one, which, I must admit, is the right and proper thing to do.
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