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Game of Cages (Twenty Palaces, Book 2)
Written by Harry Connolly
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Average Score:
63(4)
A SECRET HIGH-STAKES AUCTION
As a wealthy few gather to bid on a predator capable of destroying all life on earth, the sorcerers of the Twenty Palace Society mobilize to stop them. Caught up in the scramble is Ray Lilly, the lowest of the low in the society--an ex--car thief and the expendable assistant of a powerful sorcerer. Ray possesses exactly one spell to his name, along with a strong left hook. But when he arrives in the small town in the North Cascades where the bidding is to take place, the predator has escaped and the society's most powerful enemies are desperate to recapture it. All Ray has to do is survive until help arrives. But it may already be too late.
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Book Details
Fantasy
Mass Market Paperback,
352 Pages
Published
by Del Rey on August 31, 2010
ISBN-10 0345508904
ISBN-13 978-0345508904
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Reviews
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Publishers Weekly
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Review Rating: 80
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Connolly doesn't shy away from tackling big philosophical issues [...] amid gory action scenes and plenty of rapid-fire sardonic dialogue. (Starred Review)
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Pat`s Fantasy Hotlist
| Patrick
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Review Rating: 75
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Game of Cages is an entertaining blen of urban fantasy, mystery, and action.
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Strange Horizons
| William Mingin
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Review Rating: 60
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...unless the series goes very far south in quality, I will read all the Twenty Palaces novels, because Connolly knows how to make them sheer fun, and I'd be predisposed to read any other sort of book he writes, as well.
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SFRevu
| Steve Sawicki
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Review Rating: 40
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This is a pretty interesting premise although I have some problems with the execution, mostly in the area of character attitude.
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