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Among the best books I've read in 2025, the best I can describe this is as a mystery set against a very restrained science fiction conceit. It reads more like a mainstream novel however, making it slipstream which I am a big fan of. Alternating between the PoV of two different characters, this novel makes use of the unreliable narrator to create an uncomfortable feeling in the reader, placing it firmly alongside Priest's other, more well-known works such as The Prestige and The Separation.

I read this in one sitting. Funny and sad, simultaneously.

It's beautifully emotional and human

A funny, light hearted but gripping mystery book! Very unique like nothing I have read before.

One of the best thrillers I have read, hooked from the moment I started it and full of twists and turns!

This is the first book of a series and the main character “Murderbot” is one of the best characters in any book series. Loads of heart, funny, and great action.

The first book to win both the Nebula and Hugo award. Opened up the genre to include more cerebral matters and influenced all science fiction since its release in the 60s. Fantastic story, brilliant world building, complex relationships and copious amounts of life extending drugs.

First of a recently completed trilogy about a world where magic societies, schools, institutions operate on both sides of the law. Six people are chosen to study and promised power, wealth among other things but they have to work together for a common goal…the kicker, one must die!

Mon dieu, I love reading these stories! The tension barely lifts thoughtout the nearly 700 pages! Kristoff can write thrillers, fantasy, action, erotica and horror better than anyone I have read! Longue vie ‘la demoiselle du graal!’