The Olympian Affair Published by Penguin Publishing Group on November 7, 2023 Genres: Fiction / Action & Adventure, Fiction / Fantasy / Epic, Fiction / Science Fiction / Steampunk
Pages: 624
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The fate of the Cinder Spires may be decided by crossed swords in the next exhilarating fantasy adventure from the author of the Dresden Files, in this New York Times bestselling series of noble families, swordplay, and airships.
For centuries the Cinder Spires have safeguarded humanity, rising far above the deadly surface world. Within their halls, aristocratic houses rule, developing scientific marvels and building fleets of airships for defense and trade.Now, the Spires hover on the brink of open war.
Everyone knows it's coming. The guns of the great airship fleets that control the skies between the last bastions of humanity will soon speak in anger, and Spire Albion stands alone against the overwhelming might of Spire Aurora's Armada and its new secret weapon--one capable of destroying the populations of entire Spires.
A trading summit at Spire Olympia provides an opportunity for the Spirearch, Lord Albion, to secure alliances that will shape the outcomes of the war, and to that end he dispatches privateer Captain Francis Madison Grimm and the crew of the AMS Predator to bolster the Spirearch's diplomatic agents.
It will take daring, skill, and no small amount of showmanship to convince the world to stand with Spire Albion--assuming that it is not already too late.
Review:
Swashbuckling fantasy with politics, battles, cats, and a monster that may destroy everything. The second book in the Spire series is set, I think, two years after the terrifying adventures in book one with those large silk weavers. We have some sweet romance in this second book, and the proposal as death is looming is quite poetic. My favorite part, of course, is the cats and the political maneuvering they are involved in while they secure a new place to live. Bridget has some serious strength to be so beaten up, and still, she goes and tries to warn people of the monster on their doorstep. I’m eager for the next one. Hopefully, we won’t be waiting as long.
About Jim Butcher
Jim Butcher is a bestselling author and martial arts enthusiast. His resume includes a long list of skills rendered obsolete at least 200 years ago, and he turned to writing because anything else probably would have driven him insane. He lives with his family in Independence, Missouri.
