The Prey of Gods - Rambling Readers

Paperback, 381 pages

English language

Published June 13, 2017 by Harper Voyager.

ISBN:: 978-0-06-249303-3
OCLC Number:: 961003340

(2 reviews)

In South Africa, the future looks promising. Personal robots are making life easier for the working class. The government is harnessing renewable energy to provide infrastructure for the poor. And in the bustling coastal town of Port Elizabeth, the economy is booming thanks to the genetic engineering industry which has found a welcome home there. Yes--the days to come are looking very good for South Africans. That is, if they can survive the present challenges:

A new hallucinogenic drug sweeping the country . . .

An emerging AI uprising . . .

And an ancient demigoddess hellbent on regaining her former status by preying on the blood and sweat (but mostly blood) of every human she encounters.

It's up to a young Zulu girl powerful enough to destroy her entire township, a queer teen plagued with the ability to control minds, a pop diva with serious daddy issues, and a …

In South Africa, the future looks promising. Personal robots are making life easier for the working class. The government is harnessing renewable energy to provide infrastructure for the poor. And in the bustling coastal town of Port Elizabeth, the economy is booming thanks to the genetic engineering industry which has found a welcome home there. Yes--the days to come are looking very good for South Africans. That is, if they can survive the present challenges:

A new hallucinogenic drug sweeping the country . . .

An emerging AI uprising . . .

And an ancient demigoddess hellbent on regaining her former status by preying on the blood and sweat (but mostly blood) of every human she encounters.

It's up to a young Zulu girl powerful enough to destroy her entire township, a queer teen plagued with the ability to control minds, a pop diva with serious daddy issues, and a politician with even more serious mommy issues to band together to ensure there's a future left to worry about.

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Radioactivestardust reviewed The Prey of Gods by Nicky Drayden

Review of 'The Prey of Gods' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

This was a really great book.
New kind of story telling, different setting, diverse, fuck tropes and all
But
I FUCKING HATE MULTIPLE POV'S
I read one chapter and then I get cut short and thrown into another character with a new situation and every time, I just fell out of the story. I can't do this. I.just.can't.
So, my whole reading enjoyment was taken away because of these chopped chapters. Regular people can do this, it's just me.
Aside from that, you get a "paranormal sci-fi" (?)
Playing in South Africa (how cool is that?), with rogue robots (lovely robots), crazy gods and fleshed out mythology, and a messed up gray cast of characters. Badass. Not YA, but adult SFF (which was the best, no one needs morality brain wash)
So, check it out.

ghosttie

rated it

Dec. 2, 2017

Subjects

Hallucinogenic drugs--Fiction.
Artificial intelligence--Fiction.
South Africa--Fiction.

Places

South Africa