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Request ARC accessThis concerns you: the apostles of a divine black hole have invaded the afterlife to pull the plug on a dying universe.
The stars are dead. Their orphans huddle together for warmth in the Realm of the Iron Sky, a refugee camp built on the remains of a million fallen empires and gods slain in some inglorious Ragnarök.
The Shadowlands Syndicate is a detective agency investigating disturbances in the bleeding edges, dreamscapes, and legal and liminal grey-areas between the Realm's desperate, declining civilizations. One Syndicate crew uncovers a vast conspiracy between a bodysnatching alien acid casualty, a predatory horde, the resurrected agents of an apocalyptic, anthropic church, and scheming ambassadors who came in from the Cold.
Starless and Bible-Black is a science-fiction epic of entropy and an introspective look at the battle between hanging on and letting go.
I'm only a few chapters in but I'm totally loving this world. At first I was getting a Necromancer vibe but I actually like the main character way more than what Gordon R. Dickson wrote. The action is written in a great quick style that moves the pages along. I'm interested in seeing where this goes.
I'll flesh this review out once I finish the book.