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Dead of Veridon (The Burn Cycle #2)
by
Tim Akers (Goodreads Author)
Trouble finds Jacob Burn. Kicked out of his house, out of his comfortable life, out of everything that is familiar, even turned away from his circle of criminal friends and interesting enemies. Two years after he saved an ungrateful city from a mad angel, thwarting the plans of every powerful faction in Veridon, Jacob is still trying to pull his life together. And still tr...more
Mass Market Paperback, 366 pages
Published
May 31st 2011
by Solaris
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4 Stars
This book and series is a steampunk blast of fun to read. I enjoyed this book as much as I did the first even though we get less backstory and less about our protagonist Jacob Burn. If you like well imagined steampunk novels that are heavy in the action, this is a series for you. There are plenty of cool gadgets, machines, mech-people, and unusual places and devices. Wilson, a former friend and cohort of Jacob is an Anansi, a spider person, complete with many hidden legs and is often refe...more
This book and series is a steampunk blast of fun to read. I enjoyed this book as much as I did the first even though we get less backstory and less about our protagonist Jacob Burn. If you like well imagined steampunk novels that are heavy in the action, this is a series for you. There are plenty of cool gadgets, machines, mech-people, and unusual places and devices. Wilson, a former friend and cohort of Jacob is an Anansi, a spider person, complete with many hidden legs and is often refe...more
This is the second Veridon book, picking up two years later from the previous one.
It keeps up the mix of the high and low of the city, with non-stop action and worldbuilding yaking a second place to cool ideas and a bit extra action.
Yet it gets three stars because the ending feels rushed, and even incomplete. There are cliffhangers and then there are just questions that should have been answered and they are not. Also, as in the first book, the secondary characters are more interesting than the...more
It keeps up the mix of the high and low of the city, with non-stop action and worldbuilding yaking a second place to cool ideas and a bit extra action.
Yet it gets three stars because the ending feels rushed, and even incomplete. There are cliffhangers and then there are just questions that should have been answered and they are not. Also, as in the first book, the secondary characters are more interesting than the...more
A decent sequel but I found the book less engaging than the first book, Heart of Veridon, and its ending did not really resolve things. I assume it is set up for a third book but I found it well written but less original than the first one.
On the second visit to Veridon, you'll find that Burn is still an incorrigible badass, the city is still a labyrinthine mystery-box and the world out there is out for blood.
Lots of action against a fascinating background.
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Tim Akers was born in deeply rural North Carolina, the only son of a theologian. He moved to Chicago for college, where he lives with his wife of thirteen years and their German shepherd. He splits his time between databases and fountain pens.
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