Banner of Souls
Liz Williams Tor 2004 PB 427pp
“Dreams-of-War was hunting the remnants of men on the slopes of the Martian Olympus when she came across the herd of ghosts.”
This excellent novel – Miss William’s fifth apperently – is a world (ha ha) away from the writing style of Richard Morgan. While he is very straight forward, this novel is very gothic – all blood and shadows and thousand year old bones.
Very very far in the future – Earth a series of islands after the Drowning and Mars run by a matriach of warriors. There are mysterious aliens, and genetically manipulated babies grown in bags in green houses, and many many ghosts. The world imagined is very cool and the story really does move along at a cracking pace. Kind of like China Mieveille if he stopt before the complete and utter ickiness. Poetic and Spooky.
recommended
- posted by FuschiaReads @ 3:27 PM
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