A review by wyvernfriend
Moon's Artifice by Tom Lloyd

4.0

Hard-boiled detective fiction meets fantasy and some excellent world-building.  I'm left at the end with more questions than I had answers and I'm not disappointed with that, in fact I'm quite satisfied and looking forward to more.
 
An interesting ensemble cast of different castes and ages and with different motives in the story.  Mostly they're just trying to survive but they also want their world to survive.
 
Investigator Narin has mostly had an unremarkable career but when he knocks a man out this starts a chain of events that will change him and his life utterly.  
 
I found it a very satisfying meaty read.