The Prey of Gods
In South Africa, the future looks promising Personal robots are making life easier for the working class The government is harnessing renewable energy to provide infrastructure for the poor And in the bustling coastal town of Port Elizabeth, the economy is booming thanks to the genetic engineering industry which has found a welcome home there Yes the days to come are looking very good for South Africans That is, if they can survive the present challenges A new hallucinogenic drug sweeping the country.An emerging AI uprising.And an ancient demigoddess hellbent on regaining her former status by preying on the blood and sweat but mostly blood of every human she encounters.It s up to a young Zulu girl powerful enough to destroy her entire township, a queer teen plagued with the ability to control minds, a pop diva with serious daddy issues, and a politician with even serious mommy issues to band together to ensure there s a future left to worry about. Read The Prey of Gods – kino-fada.fr Click here to watch a video review of this book on my channel, From Beginning to Bookend Set in South Africa in the year 2064, The Prey of Gods unveils the otherworldly circumstances that draw five unusual characters together Muzi is a teenager who just got his hands on a hallucinogenic drug that causes unorthodox side effects Nomvula is a little girl with golden eyes and an epic secret Stoker is a councilman by day and something entirely differe...UPDATE 27 November 2017Hey Guys Even the LA Times agrees with me about this book I am not going to pretend this is a review I read this book at least three times in different incarnations before it was accepted by Harper Voyager because Nicky s my bud I was knocked on my fat spreadin butt by her warm, deluded thanks addressed to me in the Acknowledgments But I can tell you the simple, god s honest truth If I didn t like this book, I d send her a nice email thanking her as prettily as pos UPDATE 27 November 2017Hey Guys Even the LA Times agrees with me about this book I am not going to pretend this is a review I read this book at least three times in different incarnations before it was accepted by Harper Voyager because Nicky s my bud I was knocked on my fat spreadin butt by her warm, deluded thanks addressed to me in the Acknowledgments But I can tell you the simple, god s honest truth If I didn t like this book, I d send her a nice email thanking her as prettily as possible and let the matter rest.This book, y all This book is THE SHSTUFF This is what ...Nicky Drayden s debut novel The Prey of Gods is an exciting and adventurous book with a highly original setting, and a very singular hybrid of urban fantasy and sci fi tropes The novel is set in a future South Africa where advanced technology and economic opportunity are improving the lives of its citizens across racial and class lines But ancient gods and demigods walk among the population in secret, and one in particular feels the need to assert her will on the population A virus ostensibly Nicky Drayden s debut novel The Prey of Gods is an exciting and adventurous book with a highly original setting, and a very singular hybrid of urban fantasy and sci fi tropes The novel is set in a future South Africa where advanced technology and economic opportunity are improving the lives of its citizens across racial and class l...A glorious mash up of great characters and bizarre science fictional and mythic plotting leads to a wild and unpredictable book with a wicked sense of humor The character on the amazing cover is meant to be Nomvula, a young Zulu demigoddess that s a POV character in the book, but I think the expression on her face is that of the author when presenting this book to us sheer evil delight in what she has wrought.This is a multi POV character book with various fascinating characters from around Po A glorious mash up of great characters and bizarre science fictional and mythic plotting leads to a wild and unpredictable book with a wicked sense of humor The character on the amazing cover is meant to be Nomvula, a young Zulu demigoddess that s a POV character in the book, but I think the expression on her fa...In future South Africa, there s a demigoddess Not a powerful demigoddess, but a washed up demigoddess Sydney has lost all her magic and now works in a salon doing nails, but she has a plan to regain her original status kill lots of people for their blood That always works for me Hoping to keep Sydney from achieving her goal is a pop diva, a queer teen with powers, a politician, and a young Zulu girl who has also recently discovered she has a little magic in her Now add robots, genetic en In future South Africa, there s a demigoddess Not a powerful demigoddess, but a washed up demigoddess Sydney has lost all her magic and now works in a salon doing nails, but she has a plan to regain her original status kill lots of people for their blood That always works for me Hoping to keep Sydney from achieving her goal is a pop diva, a queer teen with powers, a politician, and a young Zulu girl who has also recently discovered she has a little magic in her Now add robots, genetic engineering, hallucinogens, and the weirdest interspecies coupling since Roger and Jessica Rabbit, and you ve got yourself a fantastic tale This book is so much fun and full of so much weirdness, it makes me cackle with joy Liberty Hardyfrom The Best Books We Read In May 2017 ____________________Go read the first chapter of The Prey of Gods, which is up on Drayden s website I ll wait here Okay, you re back What did you think Wild, right When s the last time you read a chapter that e...I received this via Goodreads Giveaways in exchange for an honest review All my opinions are my own Wow one of those highly anticipated of mine reads that lived up to what I was hoping it would be.This is a crazy, weird, bizarre ride that drew me in from the first page overused expression shrugs To some maybe but for me, this was a journey I didn t want to leave for real life Dang human body needing sleep too, how dare it.We get POVs from a few different characters Nomvula I received this via Goodreads Giveaways in exchange for an honest review All my opinions are my own Wow one of those highly anticipated of mine reads that lived up to what I was hoping it would be.This is a crazy, weird, bizarre ride that drew me in from the first page overused expression shrugs To some maybe but for me, this was a journey I didn t want to leave for real life Dang human body needing sleep too, how dare it.We get POVs from a few different charact...Absolutely fantastic A SFF novel effortless mix of magic and machinery set in a near future South Africa where new tech and old gods collide The story has multiple protagonists including a just emerging gay couple and a politican with a secret life as a drag singer coming to realise she s a transwoman, also a service robot, and a girl god coming into her powers It s gleefully inventive, supremely diverse, rich, incredibly atmospheric with a terrifically w...Nicky Drayden answered a few questions about her debut novel in this awesome Q and AThere are time when all the pieces come together Sometimes that is because the pieces are made to be together a dark lord chasing the orphaned farm boy and the like But to make all the pieces come together when said pieces are a virtual grab bag of randomness takes a bitskill Robot uprising, pissed off demi god, young girl with the power to naturally nuke a town, hallucinations that are real and not rea Nicky Drayden answered a few questions about her debut novel in this awesome Q and AThere are time when all the pieces come together Sometimes that is because the pieces are made to be together a dark lord chasing the orphaned farm boy and the like But to make all the pieces come together when said pieces are a virtual grab bag of randomness takes a bitskill Robot uprising, pissed off demi god, young girl with the power to naturally nuke a town, hallucinations that are real and not real and real again All tied together in a neat littleoh who I am kidding, it was a glorious mess But a glorious mess that all works out if one is really paying attention.The Prey of Gods starts with a young man worrying about the state of of his private ...Bonkers, and jam packed with so much demigoddesses, one young and the other embracing her full evil side, a new hallucinogenic drug hitting the streets, a temperamental pop star with a big secret, a high school aged boy and his best friend, little robots and their sentience journey, a major gene mod corporation, a Councilman with a secret life, pesty creatures infesting the area They all come together in a multi Pov ed, crazy, action packed, horror tinged, kooky, violent story with imaginat Bonkers, and jam packed with so much demigoddesses, one young and the other embracing her full evil si...This book was a mess but it was an entertaining and imaginative mess First you need to forget about the cover The cover could have been a picture of flying demons in sequined dresses and secret robot armies However the current cover makes you think that the book is about a revolt of big robots led by a small girl Instead it s about small robots that are like laptops with legs, demigods and goddesses, an hallucinogenic drug, a DNA altering virus, mind control, terrorist acts, a transgender This book was a mess but it was an entertaining and imaginative mess First you need to forget about the cover The cover could have been a picture of flying demons in sequined dresses and secret robot armies However the current cover makes you think that the book is about a revolt of big robots led by a small girl Instead it s about sm...
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- 26 May 2018 Nicky Drayden
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