Dance of Gods (4)

The intrigue runs very deep. No one knows whether gods or mortals are behind the power games in Oolsmouth, but the strange doings place Max, the Great Karlini, the Creeping Sword, Shaa and their comrades into a world of trouble.

Spell of Intrigue is a second book from the Dance of Gods series. A sequel to Spell of Catastrophe tells the adventures of free-lance adventurer and nostalgic technologist Maximillian the Vaguely Disreputable, physician, occasional bureaucrat, and man with a curse Zalzyn Shaa, research thaumaturge The Great Karlini, hard-boiled nom-de-plume The Creeping Sword and many others known already from the first book.

As Maximillian the Vaguely Disreputable comes close to solving the laws of conserving magic and tapping the gods' power base, the Creeping Sword is drawn more deeply into the fight between warring gods.

Spell of Fate is a third book from the Dance of Gods series. A sequel to Spell of Catastrophe and Spell of Intrigue books tells the adventures of free-lance adventurer and nostalgic technologist Maximillian the Vaguely Disreputable, physician, occasional bureaucrat, and man with a curse Zalzyn Shaa, research thaumaturge The Great Karlini, hard-boiled nom-de-plume The Creeping Sword and many others already known from the first two books.

"It's like a post-apocalyptic cyberpunk novel but with all the technology replaced by gods and magic. Instead of jacking into the matrix, the heroes (and there are several of them) tap into spells. And were cyberpunk usually has some ominous, mysterious artificial intelligence pulling strings behind the scenes, the Brenner books have gods using the mortals as pawns." Brad Sims

Spell of Catastrophe, although extremely humourous is also an engaging, interesting story and an excellent start to the Dance of Gods series.

Will Maximillian the Vaguely Disreputable give magic to the masses? Will the Creeping Sword find out who he really is? Will the warring factions of the gods come to their senses before all is lost?

Mayer Alan Brenner masterfully pulls all the loose ends together in this fireworks-loaded finale, fourth in The Dance of Gods series.