A review by vinayvasan
The Killing Floor Blues by Craig Schaefer

5.0

Best book of the series by far especially given the change of setting on this one

The 2nd arc of Faust's journey has been fun. If book 4 was heist, book 5 is about a jail break and turns out to be rather well done. Following the events of book 4, and the start of book 5, there is a searing sense of confusion surrounding Faust, a curse that affects a lot of people's memories including Faust, necessitating a jail break. Now when the aforementioned prison hosts an illegal fighting league, a clash between warring clans as well as an escalation of stakes outside, Faust finds himself juggling more things even as he tries to engineer the jail break

The pacing of this book is stunning, the revelations on the broader nature of the story fed piecemeal and the hidden nature of the true enemy and Faust's importance revealed. Truly fun and sets up book 6 rather well