Exiles of Tabat

Tabat Quartet #3

by Cat Rambo

Revolution.

Riot.

Enslaved magical creatures and an exiled, reluctant hero.

Bella Kanto finds herself aboard a hostile ship bound for a frontier town. When she encounters an old lover along the way, she has a chance to escape--but does she really want to take it?

Genres: Fantasy

324 pages, Paperback

First published May 11, 2021

About the author

F&SF writer Cat Rambo lives and writes in the Midwest. They have been shortlisted for an Endeavour Award, Locus Award, World Fantasy Award and most recently the Nebula Award. Their debut novel, BEASTS OF TABAT, appeared in 2015 from WordFire Press, the same year she co-edited AD ASTRA: THE SFWA 50TH ANNIVERSARY COOKBOOK. Their most recent book is DEVIL'S GUN (novel, Tor Macmillan). They are a former two-term President of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) and still volunteers with the organization.
They run the popular online writing school focused on fantasy and science fiction, the Rambo Academy for Wayward Writers. (academy.catrambo.com)

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Reviews

[E.D.E. Bell · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wow. I have become more careful about avoiding stories that include torture and deep suffering, but I knew that I needed to know what happened in Tabat. And I'm glad I continued on. This third volume is entirely stunning, seeping with the melancholy and anger of these days, and the romance that burns unsated in our souls, and the power we will find in all of that, ourselves. Rambo wrote lightning onto paper.

[Leslie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Really a 3.5 - still the beautifully created world I've loved from the previous two books, but the pacing is a little slow until the very end. The introductions of the Dragons and of Scylla and her Mer people were highlights, as they drew Bella somewhat out of her lengthy self-recrimination. Looking forward to an amazing final volume and return to Tabat!