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Jo Chaps jochaps — One of the best books I've read in recent years. This is a story of the absurdities and horrors of war made palatable by dark humor. During the WWII siege of Leningrad by the Germans, two men are sent on a ludicrous mission to find a dozen eggs in a city where the rats have disappeared months ago because there is no garbage to eat and some of the starving citizens have resorted to cannibalism. The principle characters are unlikely bedfellows - a cavalier lady killer soldier and a naive and self deprecating virginal Jewish teenager. They were for me hard to believe initially. But through the course of the story I came to love them and when the last sentence was read (I was listening to the audio version) I sobbed. One of the afflictions of my aging years is that I tend to map the experiences of fictional characters into my own and react emotionally. My other act on finishing the story was to start to listen to it all over again.

Danie Ue _aniey — This was a really well done book. The plot is good. Female geek is kidnapped by evil empire to translate an unknown language for some sinister purpose. Along the way she is befriended by an enigmatic fellow prisoner who is also needed by her captors and whose secrets are both an opportunity and a danger to our heroine. The world-building is decent. There is an expansionist, steam-technology based, and militaristic empire. There is a Psi-based empire that is somewhat friendly. Then there is a peaceable nation caught between the two, that wants to be left alone, that is the home of our heroine. This world and conflict set the stage for the story The character development is good. We know what motivates the characters and what drives their likes/dislikes. The relationships that form do so naturally from the story and the dialogue. Finally, the storytelling is good. There is never a dull moment and the story proceeds in an interesting and believable way. Which is not to say a predictable way. There are a number of twists in the story that repeatedly cause the storyline to change in surprising yet believable ways. What didn't I like? Not much. One thing: I hate it when stories present soldiers as dumb and undisciplined...especially when those soldiers are supposed to be part of a professional military. This author, like many, seems to not comprehend the total inconsistency she presents by having the members of a professional military, from a militaristic empire, routinely display levels of insubordination and disobedience that would entirely preclude any ability for any military unit to be successful, much less a hand-picked one. Good order and discipline are absolute prerequisites for any successful military. If you're going to write about military matters, even in a fantasy, an author needs to understand that basic fact.