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A review by songwind
California Bones by Greg Van Eekhout
4.0
In an alternate earth where the world's magic gets concentrated into the bones of living things, California is an independent nation. The fossils of the La Brea tar pits have insured its power and prosperity.
It's ruled by a Hierarch, an incredibly ancient osteomancer who rules by power and fear.
Daniel Blackland's father is a powerful osteomancer himself, and initiates Daniel into the ways of power at an early age. However, he's killed and his bones consumed in one of the Hierarch's purges.
Daniel is left to grow up mostly on his own, under the care of his "uncle" Otis, a criminal ringleader.
When an insider comes to Otis with information about how they can hit the Hierarch's personal stash of bones, Daniel and his crew can't help but take the chance.
I really enjoyed this magical heist caper. However, the narrator for the audio book was terrible. He paused for a long time after every single sentence. He also inserted strange pauses, and inflections that didn't match the meaning of the sentences. I'll probably read the rest of Daniel Blackland's story - but not as an audio book.
It's ruled by a Hierarch, an incredibly ancient osteomancer who rules by power and fear.
Daniel Blackland's father is a powerful osteomancer himself, and initiates Daniel into the ways of power at an early age. However, he's killed and his bones consumed in one of the Hierarch's purges.
Daniel is left to grow up mostly on his own, under the care of his "uncle" Otis, a criminal ringleader.
When an insider comes to Otis with information about how they can hit the Hierarch's personal stash of bones, Daniel and his crew can't help but take the chance.
I really enjoyed this magical heist caper. However, the narrator for the audio book was terrible. He paused for a long time after every single sentence. He also inserted strange pauses, and inflections that didn't match the meaning of the sentences. I'll probably read the rest of Daniel Blackland's story - but not as an audio book.