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Title: Angry Lead Skies
Series: Garrett, PI #10
Author: Glen Cook
Rating: 3.5 of 5 Stars
Genre: Fantasy
Pages: 364
Words: 105K
Series: Garrett, PI #10
Author: Glen Cook
Rating: 3.5 of 5 Stars
Genre: Fantasy
Pages: 364
Words: 105K
Synopsis:
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From
Wikipedia
Garrett
is a detective living in the city of TunFaire. When people have
problems, they come to Garrett for help, but trouble has a way of
finding him.
Garrett
is at home when Playmate visits, with a kid, Kip Prose. Kip has made
friends with creatures that cannot quite be described, but because of
his relationship with these creatures, other parties are trying to
kidnap Kip. Despite his protests, Garrett gets drawn into the mess.
While
searching Playmate's stables for clues, Garrett and company are
attacked by another group of indescribable assailants. Morley,
Saucerhead, and Pular Singe wake Garrett and Playmate after the
scuffle, but Kip Prose is gone.
Playmate
and Garrett talk to Kip's family, hoping to find clues to his
whereabouts. Despite some leads, Playmate and Garrett are unable to
locate Kip, although they do encounter an "elf" named
Casey, who assures them Kip is in no immediate danger.
When
Playmate goes missing, Garrett and Pular Singe track him down, with
the Roze triplets tagging along. Pular tracks the scent to Casey's
apartment, where there are more mysterious elves. The trail
eventually takes Garrett, Pular and the Rozes into the country
outside TunFaire, where they find more of the elves, their
spaceships, and an unconscious Playmate, Saucerhead Tharpe and Kip
Prose. Garrett decides it is time to involve the Watch, who can
hopefully clean up the mess.
Meanwhile,
a ratman named John Stretch, Pular Singe's brother, attempts to
kidnap Pular for his own purposes. While Garrett and John Stretch
come to an agreement, Colonel Block and Deal Relway try to manage the
situation with the remaining elves. Garrett strikes a deal between
Kip Prose, Max Weider, and Willard Tate, in which the involved
parties agree to manufacture "Three Wheels", a
revolutionary new method of transportation for the citizens of
TunFaire.
As a
final twist, Casey escapes, thwarting the attempts of Garrett and the
Watch to discover the true nature of the "silver elves".
Though Relway is angry and suspicious of Garrett, Garrett is on top
of the world, with his new stake in the Three Wheel business booming
and the Goddamn Parrot missing in action.
My
Thoughts:
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Much like the last book, I once again enjoyed a Garrett story. I'm
thankful for that. That being said, Garrett is still a philandering
jackass. There were some attempts in this book to steer Garrett
towards maturity by making him a one woman man with Tinnie Tate, but
honestly, if a man has been having sex with every woman he can at
every chance he can for his entire life, the chances of him suddenly
going into a monogamous relationship is almost zero. Or, really,
staying in that relationship is almost at zero. Leopards and spots
and all that.
The story itself was just so much fun, what with Cook bringing in
aliens to a fantasy series. Once I realized what the “silver elves”
were, I just laughed. The rest of the story with all the action and
drinking and fighting and chases and palavers was good enough to keep
me reading to the end of the book.
Not the greatest book I've ever read but nothing here made me want to
quit the series, unlike Petty Pewter Gods.
★★★☆½
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