Stone Mad by Elizabeth Bear6/30/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() The steampunk elements are quite toned down, presumably because of the space, but the bits that we do get are well set up and dramatic, and I enjoyed them a lot! Instead, we get a little more folklore, which is great when the characters can acknowledge that tommy-knockers and jackalopes are probably real, but ghosts and Spiritualism might be a step too far. In this, the action is very local and personal, and the drama is mainly interpersonal instead of conspiracy, which makes for a somewhat different tone to the action and consequences. The first book covered schemes and murders that stretched across North America at least, even though the majority of the action took place in Rapid City. Stone Mad is really different in scale to Karen Memory. ![]() In Stone Mad, Karen and Priya are settling into their life together and celebrating their new ranch with a night out for dinner and a magic show – except that their dinner companions happen to be a widowed sceptic and illusionist, a pair of Spiritualists who might be sisters and are almost certainly con women, and whatever is haunting the hotel’s dining room. ![]() Stone Mad is the sequel to Elizabeth Bear’s Karen Memory ( which I reviewed here last month!), so there might be some unavoidable spoilers for Karen Memory from here on out! ![]()
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