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Normally, I don't like supernatural themed books, especially with a protagonist like this book has. But this novel grabbed my shirt and wouldn't let go until I finished it. Wild ride. Only shortcoming would be no character development other than Ray and Annalise: no time for it. I will be buying the next book in the series.


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Child of Fire A Twenty Palaces Novel edition by Harry Connolly Mystery Thriller Suspense eBooks Reviews

The Twenty Palace novels are a fantastic entry into the urban fantasy genre. They are probably the best conceived world and stories I have read in 3 or 4 years. I was saddened to learn that the series is on hiatus due to poor sales.

I personally think its because they were marketed by the stupidest editor in the biz. For some reason they got Jim Butcher (of Dresden Files series) to promote the books and used the same cover art to the Dresden Files. Obviously the dimwit thought "urban setting with magic" and thought bingo Dresden fanatics will eat this up.

Sadly, while I like the Dresden Files the series are generally attractive to *completely different* readers. Dresden Files are PG-13 (morally centered decent heroes, clearly defined good and evil sides, a very well constructed world with traditional religious values, geek-loving reference to Star Wars, and the good guys save the world/girl in the nick of time etc.) and appeal to the masses. I'm not putting that down, there's nothing wrong with the Dresden Files and I really enjoy them.

However, in contrast, Twenty Palaces hits none of the same points as the Dresden Files or a Kim Harrison book. Ray Lilly and Annalise are serious flawed people with morality issues. There is only evil and a gestapo vigilante organization (The Twenty Palace Society) that is slightly less bad. The violence is brutal, the "good" guys are always too late to do more than damage control, and religion and belief in God won't save you from a horrible death. Altogether Twenty Palaces is a more realistic and sophisticated series BUT its an R-rated series. And it surely will not appeal to the same PG-13 readers. Finally, as it is set in an alternate "real" world some of the common thievery Ray performs or considers is a little off putting to the Dresden Files reader (who would probably be considered a "Victim" From Ray's viewpoint).

To the publisher - I advise relaunching the series in either the Horror genre or at least getting endorsements from darker authors (such as Simon Green, K.J. Parker or Dean Koontz).

To the potential reader, if you are getting a little sick of treacle, anti-heroes who are actually heroes with problems making logical arguments (I'm talking to you Kim Harrison, Laurell Hamilton, Lillith Saintcrow and 10 other similar authors), good guys winning all the time and you want something a little challenging and scary (scary cuz of the bad guys and of what the good guys will do to stop them) then pick up Twenty Palaces. Start at either Twenty Palacesthe Prologue, or Child of Fire. You won't be sorry.
This is the first book of a series. This book got a lot of favorable reviews at the time. Sadly, the series was a commercial failure, and the publisher canceled it after three books. Even though I knew this in advance, I still wanted to scream when the third book was done. This was one of the most original and brilliant ideas I have seen in many years.

It does not follow the classical form of urban fantasy. This is not about vampires, elves, werewolves, and fairies lurking in the modern world. Instead, we learn that Earth is surrounded by The Empty Spaces, a parallel universe filled with predators. The predators are like demons, in that they can grant powers to their followers, but ultimately they want to devour the world. They can be summoned to Earth by magical means, and there are greedy and power-hungry people who would do just that.

The Twenty Palaces Society is an ancient group of sorcerors who will stop predators and their human allies by all means necessary. This is a gritty, dark series based around Ray Lilly, an ex-con who is a non-sorcerer agent for the society. The series has a certain Jack Reacher vibe to it, but Ray is not a killing machine like Reacher. He is more akin to Shadow, the protagonist in American Gods.

As the series begins in this book, Ray has agreed to act as a "wooden man" for a sorcerer named Annalise. He does not know what he has gotten into, and he knows almost nothing about the society. Annalise expects him to die soon (and in fact she wants to kill him, but has been ordered not to do so). She isn't going to tell him much of anything. And so we, like Ray, are left to figure out what is going on.

Some people didn't like the lack of explanation in this book. I think some people had a hard time getting interested in a book that did not include any of the typical fantasy archetypes like vampires. Maybe it just wasn't for everyone. But it is a damned shame that this series died after three books.
Normally, I don't like supernatural themed books, especially with a protagonist like this book has. But this novel grabbed my shirt and wouldn't let go until I finished it. Wild ride. Only shortcoming would be no character development other than Ray and Annalise no time for it. I will be buying the next book in the series.