Book Review: Steel Gods (The Great Silence 2) by Richard Swan
5/5 stars. As Swan continues his fantasy-horror story set in Sova and surrounding lands, he writes a darker tale of the interplay between the real world of our characters and the afterlife. In this novel, the Empress has directed Ambassador Renata Rainer and the investigators of the Arcane task force to discover the truth behind The Great Silence in the ethereal world and find a way to end it. Little do all of the investigators know about what politics are transpiring behind the scenes or that Lamprecht von Oldenburg has not been defeated by Colonel Atanasov, as directed by the Empress, but that Atanasov has other plans in mind. I enjoy Swan’s writing and think that his skills have improved continually since I have been reading his works. His Empire of the Wolf trilogy is excellent, and I enjoyed time spent with Vonvalt (I also look forward to his upcoming second Vonvalt prequel novella, in conjunction with Grimdark Magazine); however, this trilogy is quickly supplanting that one as ...