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If You Can Trust No One -- Then Trust a Nobody A new Carlisle Hsing adventure, and a return to Nightside City
Detective Carlisle Hsing counted herself lucky to escape Nightside City before dawn came and destroyed everything there. Unfortunately, just by surviving, and escaping to the planet of Prometheus, she has attracted the attention of a certain business magnate. Someone is trying to kill him, and it looks like an inside job. He needs an outsider to investigate the case -- an expendable outsider. He offers Carlisle a deal. Risk her life and everything she has, return to Nightside City, save those she left behind, unmask her client's deadly enemy, and have riches showered upon her -- or else die in the attempt. Unfortunately, there's a by the time her client has explained the situation, she knows too much. Of course, the dead tell no tales-and it's all too easy for a nobody to end up dead. And if she should die-well, she was a nobody, after all... Return with Hugo-winning author Lawrence Watt-Evans to the universe of the classic SF detective-noir novel Nightside City, and to the casebook of hard-boiled, soft-hearted Carlisle Hsing. "For years, when people asked me what was my favorite of all the novels I'd written (which is, by the way, not a good question to ask-it's very much like, 'Which is your favorite of your children?'), if I answered at all, I would name Nightside City." -Lawrence Watt-Evan

193 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 31, 2010

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December 6, 2019
Карлайл Хсинг си е била камшика на Прометей, когато получава предложение за работа, на което е трудно да устои. Някой е направил един прекрасен опит на убие патриарха на фамилията Накада, и той иска от нея да разкрие конспирацията. В замяна, тя ще може да спаси от почти достигнатият от зората Епиметей брат си и баща си...
В началото има много интересен увод от Уот-Евънс. Обяснява как "Градът на нощната страна" е провокирала в него жeланието да напише продължение, но тъй като читателите и издателите го познават най-вече като фентъзи писател, не е имало особено търсене. Все пак понахвърлял начало и бележки, и се връщал сегиз-тогиз за някой друг абзац... Докато не се случило време, в което да я допише.
Тук, за разлика от общия случай, продължението е по-добро от първото произведение, в което имаше тромави моменти. Нямам и забележки към стила и темпото, може би защото бе прочетено в оригинал и няма нищо загубено в превода.
Повече мащабност и темпо, в сравнение с "Градът на нощната страна". Сюжетът със сигурност е по-добър, както и развръзката. Жалко, че няма да се издаде на майчин език, но за тези, които могат да четат на ингилизки - горещо препоръчвам! Да - не е в мащабите на поредната космическа опера, но е много, много приятно четиво!
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June 7, 2025
Read nightside city. It was one of my favorite books and this is a sequel. I didn’t realize was written back in 2010. So really enjoying it.
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January 18, 2026
3.5 stars. This had a satisfying conclusion and I enjoyed it even more than Nightside City. For a light sci-fi/mystery read, this certainly checked all the boxes.
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April 8, 2011
The beginning and middle were quite slow, but the end was fun. I prefer his fantasy.
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