Bel Dame Apocrypha: God's War : Bel Dame Apocrypha Volume 1 (Paperback)

from jen.e.moore

It took a looooong time to find its pace - this book definitely starts too early, and would not suffer from losing everything before "Part II" - but once it did I was hooked. Nyx is one of those rough, nasty anti-heroes you don't like so much as respect, and Rhys is remarkable for keeping his com...

from patrickgarson

I was pleasantly surprised by Infidel, an accomplished scifi debut. Hurley has managed decent enough plot but really it is the characters and intriguing setting that put the novel above average. Nyx is a former Bel Dame, a government assassin, now forced to freelance on the war-riven planet of Um...

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Opening line: “Nyx sold her womb somewhere between Punjai and Faleen, on the edge of the desert.” I really liked this one, but a few issues hold it back from being a four star or higher book. The planet of Umayma has been settled for roughly three thousand years. For the last few centuries, it ha...

from rrainer

I really liked this book, but wow was it harsh. So harsh. The main difficulty I had, and the reason why it's a low four and not higher, is that I really just didn't like any of the characters. I found them fascinating and compelling, deeply damaged as they were, but didn't have that someone to ro...

from dgold

Okay, so this book isn't perfect. The war it depicts is simply logically unsustainable, particularly on the planet it takes place on. But really, such points are quibbles, for this is an outstanding work of science fiction. Hurley's world building is outstanding, her characterization if her leadi...