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Once and returning prolific reader. Mostly of speculative fiction with forays into thrillers, non-fiction espionage, folklore and more.
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SalusaSecondus rated The Fifth Season: 5 stars

The Fifth Season by N. K. Jemisin (The Broken Earth, #1)
A SEASON OF ENDINGS HAS BEGUN.
IT STARTS WITH THE GREAT RED RIFT across the heart of the world's sole …
SalusaSecondus rated The Last Days of New Paris: 3 stars

The Last Days of New Paris by China Miéville
"A thriller of war that never was--of survival in an impossible city--of surreal cataclysm. In The Last Days of New …
SalusaSecondus rated Embassytown: 5 stars

Embassytown by China Miéville
In the far future, humans have colonized a distant planet, home to the enigmatic Ariekei, sentient beings famed for a …
SalusaSecondus rated Ann Leckie's Ancillary Justice: 4 stars

David M. Higgins: Ann Leckie's Ancillary Justice (2022, Springer International Publishing AG)
Ann Leckie's Ancillary Justice by David M. Higgins
NB! This is not Ancilliary Justice, but a crititical companion.
This book argues that Ann Leckie’s novel Ancillary Justice offers …
SalusaSecondus rated The Belial Stone: 1 star
SalusaSecondus rated Shift : (Wool Trilogy 2): 4 stars
SalusaSecondus rated Shadowed By Wings: 3 stars

Shadowed By Wings by Janine Cross
Zarq Darquel's trial by fire begins when she undergoes the rigorous training required of an apprentice dragonmaster while struggling to …
SalusaSecondus rated American Gods / Anansi Boys, Neil Gaiman: 5 stars
SalusaSecondus rated Touched By Venom: 4 stars

Touched By Venom by Janine Cross
A "bold debut" set in a "richly detailed, well-imagined world" (Publishers Weekly), the first installment in the Dragon Temple Saga …
SalusaSecondus rated Stiletto: 5 stars
SalusaSecondus rated The City & the City: 5 stars

The City & the City by China Miéville
When a murdered woman is found in the city of Beszel, somewhere at the edge of Europe, it looks to …
SalusaSecondus rated A Collection of Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories: 5 stars
SalusaSecondus rated The Annihilation Score: 4 stars

The Annihilation Score by Charles Stross
NOBODY DOES IT BETTER ... Dr Mo O'Brien is an intelligence agent at the top secret government agency known as …
SalusaSecondus rated Demon: 4 stars

Demon by John Varley
(from the back cover) Here is the dazzling climax to the story of Gaea, the alien who is, herself, a …