Pariah (Bequin #1)

Eisenhorn vs Ravenor

320 pages

English language

Published July 1, 2012

ISBN:
978-1-84970-201-0
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In the city of Queen Mab, nothing is quite as it seems. Pariah, spy, and Inquisitorial agent, Alizebeth Bequin is all of these things and yet none of them. An enigma, even to herself, she is caught between Inquisitors Gregor Eisenhorn and Gideon Ravenor, former allies now enemies who are playing a shadow game against a mysterious and deadly foe. Coveted by the Archenemy, pursued by the Inquisition, Bequin becomes embroiled in a dark plot of which she knows not her role or purpose. Helped by a disparate group of allies, she must unravel the secrets of her life and past if she is to survive a coming battle in which the line between friends and foes is fatally blurred.

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Simply a long chapter 1.

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This book contains some lovely worldbuilding and some ridiculous set-pieces while simultaneously trying to keep the reader as in the dark as to what is exactly going on until the reveals as possible, which it more or less achieves.

But I don't know that I can recommend the book or not, as more than usual / most, it really isn't a complete book, but instead a very, very long first chapter to set up the following books (which currently only one of the remaining two planned are written).

3-4 / 5 books, depending on whether the rest of the trilogy is worth it.