New Treasures: Silver Queendom by Dan Koboldt
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Silver Queendom (Angry Robot, August 23, 2022). Cover design by Alice Claire Coleman
Have you ever made a purchase decision less than halfway through the book description?
That’s exactly what happened to me on Sunday at Barnes & Noble, about ten seconds after I picked up Dan Koboldt’s Silver Queendom and read:
Service at the Red Rooster Inn leaves much to be desired. The innkeeper, Darin, has a scowl for every new face. The homebrewed ale seems to grow less palatable with each new batch. The barmaid, Evie, only seems to work when wealthy young men are around, and the old witch Seraphina ensures that’s not too often. As for Big Tom, well, everyone learns quickly to stay on the bouncer’s good side. There’s a reason everyone in the Red Rooster crew is bad at their job… by night, they’re the best team of con artists in the Old Queendom.
That’s all I needed to decide to take the book home with me.