November 2012 books: Lee and Miller and Graham
So I managed to finish two books within the last few weeks. I stayed up late a few nights for both and I definitely feel it. I kept lying down today while "playing" with one of the babies.
The first book is Necessity's Child by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller. I read this as an electronic advanced reader's copy (eARC) from Baen books. This is not the final state of the book, but the draft send to Baen for copyediting/publishing (it's had any editorial changes done). It's set on Surebleak after Korval takes residence. One of the main characters is Syl Vor, Nova yos'Galan's child. He's somewhere around 8-10 years old and is rather solemn and without any playmates after the events of Plan B/I Dare. It's decided to send him to a new local school for that reason and to show that Korval trusts in the safety of the schools. A young girl called Anna (actually Kezzi) becomes entangled with Syl Vor and ends up adopted temporarily (fostered) with Korval. Kezzi is of the Bedel, a gypsy-like group. They practice the fleez (fleece?) and regularly steal from the gadje (anyone not one of them). A third viewpoint character awakens near one of the entrances to the Bedel's homes and is rescued by one of them. He turns out to be Liaden and a DoI agent. So it's their adventures. I liked it. It's not one of my favorite books by them, but interesting characters and a relatively quick-moving plot, as normal for a Lee/Miller book.
I then got to start The General's Mistress by Jo Graham. It's adapted from the real life person, Ida St. Elme, who was a courtesan and adventuress in Napoleonic France. This book chronicles Ida's life from the age of around 19 to 24. She's leaves her husband and escapes to France, where she ends up the mistress of General Victor Moreau first, and then General Michel Ney. Much of Graham's works fall into her Numinous World where the same people are re-incarnated and meet again. I need to re-read her books again, as I don't have a strong grasp on most of the character and don't always recognize a particular 'soul.' I'd have to call this books a bit racy; definitely adult, with some adult themes. I'm looking forward to the next book which is scheduled for next year sometime.
The first book is Necessity's Child by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller. I read this as an electronic advanced reader's copy (eARC) from Baen books. This is not the final state of the book, but the draft send to Baen for copyediting/publishing (it's had any editorial changes done). It's set on Surebleak after Korval takes residence. One of the main characters is Syl Vor, Nova yos'Galan's child. He's somewhere around 8-10 years old and is rather solemn and without any playmates after the events of Plan B/I Dare. It's decided to send him to a new local school for that reason and to show that Korval trusts in the safety of the schools. A young girl called Anna (actually Kezzi) becomes entangled with Syl Vor and ends up adopted temporarily (fostered) with Korval. Kezzi is of the Bedel, a gypsy-like group. They practice the fleez (fleece?) and regularly steal from the gadje (anyone not one of them). A third viewpoint character awakens near one of the entrances to the Bedel's homes and is rescued by one of them. He turns out to be Liaden and a DoI agent. So it's their adventures. I liked it. It's not one of my favorite books by them, but interesting characters and a relatively quick-moving plot, as normal for a Lee/Miller book.
I then got to start The General's Mistress by Jo Graham. It's adapted from the real life person, Ida St. Elme, who was a courtesan and adventuress in Napoleonic France. This book chronicles Ida's life from the age of around 19 to 24. She's leaves her husband and escapes to France, where she ends up the mistress of General Victor Moreau first, and then General Michel Ney. Much of Graham's works fall into her Numinous World where the same people are re-incarnated and meet again. I need to re-read her books again, as I don't have a strong grasp on most of the character and don't always recognize a particular 'soul.' I'd have to call this books a bit racy; definitely adult, with some adult themes. I'm looking forward to the next book which is scheduled for next year sometime.