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House of Open Wounds
by Adrian Tchaikovsky
adventurous
You do not need to read the first book City of Last Chances first. You would figure out enough about the character from the first book in the first few chapters.
In short, this could be called the adventures of the mismatched staff of an army field hospital. There wasn't much of a plot (which might bother some readers), but the eclectic mix of characters would get you invested in their shenanigans that you had to keep reading. There was a military necromancer in command of the hospital who, in turn, got her "materials" from whoever did not survive their wounds. There was a surgeon who used her fire god to sterilize her instruments.
The length of the book and the supposed lack of actual plot may be a deterrent for some, but I enjoyed this new aspect of a fantasy world. Tchaikovsky's poetic writing combined with Pratchett-esque humor would keep you going
According to the author's acknowledgments, "Years ago, there was a panel at one convention or other discussing magical healing and its relatively infrequent use in fiction. I want to thank the unsung heroes who scheduled and appeared on that panel, because that was where the first germ of this book originated."
In short, this could be called the adventures of the mismatched staff of an army field hospital. There wasn't much of a plot (which might bother some readers), but the eclectic mix of characters would get you invested in their shenanigans that you had to keep reading. There was a military necromancer in command of the hospital who, in turn, got her "materials" from whoever did not survive their wounds. There was a surgeon who used her fire god to sterilize her instruments.
The length of the book and the supposed lack of actual plot may be a deterrent for some, but I enjoyed this new aspect of a fantasy world. Tchaikovsky's poetic writing combined with Pratchett-esque humor would keep you going
According to the author's acknowledgments, "Years ago, there was a panel at one convention or other discussing magical healing and its relatively infrequent use in fiction. I want to thank the unsung heroes who scheduled and appeared on that panel, because that was where the first germ of this book originated."