The Prey of Gods, (Paperback)

from KingRat

For 75% of the book, there's a lot of crazy stuff that is just awesome! But toward the end everything just got too crazy for me. All rules got thrown out and that made the final part uninteresting. This is why i don't like stories about gods. They always just god their way out.

from Shrike58

Though this book has its charms it's something of a hot mess in terms of bouncing around its numerous POV characters and oscillating back and forth between science fiction and urban fantasy in a South African milieu; it takes a little too long for the main plot line to crystallize out of the aggl...

from sprainedbrain

I had never even heard of this book until it arrived as a selection for my postal book club, and I will admit that when I first saw it, I was skeptical. There is so much going on here: future South Africa, personal robots, genetic engineering, ancient gods and awakening demigods... seriously, it'...

from vanderschloot

This is a really strange and original book. It takes place in South Africa in the not super distant future, and life has improved for everyone, including the poor, through the use of bots. Over the course of just a few days in this crazy, funny, and disturbing book, the bots gain sentience and ri...

from NeedMoreShelves

This book is BANANAS in about 1000 awesome ways and I was 100% in for the crazy the whole darn time. What a unique and interesting spin on the fantasy and sci-fi genres. I hope Nicky Drayden writes more books soon, because I need more of this kind of crazy in my life!