The Beginning:"A grandfather and his granddaughter walked under the leaf-bare trees of late autumn:
"Tell me again about Grandma Greta, Grandpa?'
Page 56:
COL. SMITH: Shut up. It was decided by this team that in order to expedite the voluntary recruitment of the candidate we should subject Rita Douglas to a motivational scenario. Frightening but basically harmless."
From Empire Games by Charles Stross, A New Tale of the Merchant Princes Multiverse. This is a universe Stross left years ago. I followed the series through all six of the books. It was a surprise to see that he has set a new book there. It is listed as book on in the Empire Games series. When I saw this at the library I could not pass it up.
I've never read this author. I like the sound of the excerpts you chose. I'll have to add him to my list. I have a thriller this week - Signature Wounds by Kirk Russell. Happy reading!
ReplyDeleteInteresting...not my usual read, but the excerpts are tempting me. Thanks for sharing. Here's mine: “HEARTBREAK HOTEL”
ReplyDeleteYou have definitely piqued my curiosity. :-) Happy weekend!
ReplyDelete"Motivational scenario" sounds menacing, like bureaucratic double speak, and I would read this one. The book I selected for my post today is "Furiously Happy".
ReplyDeleteThis sounds like a great book. Enjoy!
ReplyDeleteA new author for me. I love it when an author revisits a series they've not written about in some time. A pleasant surprise.
ReplyDeleteMy Friday 56 from Relentless