The silver lining is, I don't have to stay "still reading" for yet another week, as I finally finished Whispers Underground by Ben Aaronovitch. Book 3 of Rivers of London series.

Yet another case involving magic in London and the Police solving it.

What about all of you? What have you been reading or listening to lately?

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[–] Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Halfway done with The Last Emperox. It's the last book in a space opera trilogy. Mankind is spread across the galaxy in an imperial system that forces all settlements to not be fully self sufficient in order to incentive peaceful coexistence. FTL travel doesn't exist and thus trade can only be done with space ships via a complex network of wormholes.

The whole premise is that network is collapsing, which would leave billions of people stranded with a bleak future of them slowly burning through their last supplies. It follows the actions of the emperor's actions taken to save as many lives as possible while trying to fend off assassination attempts from ambitious short-sighted nobles trying to gain the upper hand during the empire's collapse.

[–] dresden@discuss.online 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

That sound like a fun series. Will you recommend it?

Edit: Just looked it up, it's by John Scalzi, I have most of his already in my wishlist, so will get it sooner or later.

[–] alternategait@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

I definitely recommend it.

[–] Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 days ago

I absolutely do. Glad you have it on a list somewhere, it's a good read.