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Garret is once again on the prowl, trying to find out who's trying to
shake down his sometime employer, Old Man Weider, and why. During the
course of the investigation, he comes face to face with most of the
weirder elements of Tunfaire.
Garrets investigation is somewhat hampered by the fact that he tends
to drink a bit. He also seems to attract voluptous women the way a magnet
attracts iron filings. This makes it hard to appear inconspicuous. The
large parrot on his shoulder doesn't help much either.
Fact is, Garret's humdrum life is about to become a living hell again,
as he faces (you had to ask) the greatest challenge of his career. He's
forced by circumstances into an affilation with the "human rights"
forces in Tunfaire. Seems they don't like all the elves and dwarves and other
unsavory sorts who live in the city. human are the only ones who should
have rights.
Glen Cook's enormously-funny tour-de-force continues. Its sort of a
"Dashell Hammet meets the brothers Grimm" tale. If I'm counting
correctly, this is the ninth book in the series. Each time you're left
wondering how he can possibly top the latest. And Glen always comes
through!
If you're looking for something weird, humourous, and somewhat earthy,
you can go back to the beginning and read Sweet Silver Blues, or
just jump right into the middle of the action with Faded Steel Heat.
Either way, you're in for a helluva ride!
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