Silver Queendom by Dan Koboldt

(Angry Robot, 2022)

Reviewed by Phil Nicholls

Silver Queendom is Dan Koboldt’s first book for Angry Robot, but the geneticist writer has previously published fiction and non-fiction titles. His new release is the story of a small band of thieves who run a battered inn on the edge of civilisation in the queendom of Rethalta. Of course, the Red Rooster inn is only a front for the band’s nefarious activities.

It is these illegal activities which form the core of this entertaining book, starting with low-level crime at a glittering ball and increasing in scope as the plot develops. Each crime seems to bring a fresh twist, which makes the crew ever more desperate and ready to accept a more daring heist for their next adventure. It is this spiral of events which makes the plot move so fast with flowing action.

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