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House of Open Wounds

By: Adrian Tchaikovsky
Narrated by: David Thorpe
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Summary
 From the BSFA Award-Winning Author of City Of Last Chances

City-by-city, kingdom-by-kingdom, the Palleseen have sworn to bring Perfection and Correctness to an imperfect world. As their legions scour the world of superstition with the bright flame of reason, so they deliver a mountain of ragged, holed and scorched flesh to the field hospital tents just behind the frontline.

Which is where Yasnic, one-time priest, healer and rebel, finds himself. Reprieved from the gallows and sent to war clutching a box of orphan Gods, he has been sequestered to a particularity unorthodox medical unit.

Led by 'the Butcher', an ogre of a man who's a dab hand with a bone-saw and an alchemical tincture, the unit's motley crew of conscripts, healers and orderlies are no strangers to the horrors of war. Their's is an unspeakable trade: elbow-deep in gore they have a first-hand view of the suffering caused by flesh-rending monsters, arcane magical weaponry and embittered enemy soldiers.

Entrusted - for now - with saving lives deemed otherwise un-saveable, the field hospital's crew face a precarious existence. Their work with unapproved magic, necromancy, demonology and Yansic's thoroughly illicit Gods could lead to the unit being disbanded, arrested or worse.

Beset by enemies within and without, the last thing anyone needs is a miracle.©2023 Adrian Tchaikovsky (P)2023 Head of Zeus Epic Fantasy Genre Fiction Paranormal & Urban Urban
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This second book is even better than the first one. I was happy to see Yaznik ( Jack or ''whatever he calls himself these days'') again. I was less happy to see God but hey, at least his horrible demeanor is making me laugh. Its an easier read than book 1 since the cast of caracter is not as vast, an their internal turmoils is at the forefront. There's friendship, humour, affection, touching or tragic caracters and backstories and a very intresting dive into Palasseen lifestyle.
I just regret 2 things : 1. Jack... what's up with that Kaleen girl? Why? What's wrong you mate?
2. the ending seemed a bit rushed.
I like when the author takes the time so show us the aftermath a bit more.
Other than that : excellent story, as usual.
And of course, I can't end this review without some fangirling : David Thorpe is the very best reader out there. No one matches his skills, and the range of accents he can mimic is just mindblowing. The Pals would love this man : he's acrually the only perfect thing involved in this messy war.

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