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The Good, The Bad, and The Uncanny
A Novel of the Nightside
by Simon R. Green
Ace Fantasy, $7.99, 280pp
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John Taylor is back. The son of Lilith has a couple of odd jobs to complete and a job offer to consider. First he must transport an elf across the length of the Nightside. Of course there are complications; after all, elves are just below pathological liars on the trust scale. First he wants to pay in information, second he is an emissary between the two elven factions, and third, Walker, the representative of the powers that be, wants to stop him.
John also gets a request from a fellow detective, Larry Oblivion, to help him find his brother that disappeared during the Lilith war. Of course that can’t be as simple as it sounds. John also has an interesting bit of information dropped in his lap - Excalibur is coming to the Nightside.
Finally there is the job offer, Walker is dying and wants John to replace him.
Reading the previous Nightside novels will be a help but it’s not necessary, Greene gives background where needed and his descriptive text puts you in the scene.
Highly Recommended. ~~ Bob LaPierre
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