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Infidel

Bel Dame Apocrypha, Book 2

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Infidel

By: Kameron Hurley
Narrated by: Emily Bauer
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The only thing worse than war is revolution. Especially when you're already losing the war....

Nyx used to be a bel dame, a government-funded assassin with a talent for cutting off heads for cash. Now she's babysitting diplomats to make ends meet and longing for the days when killing was a lot more honorable. When Nyx's former bel dame "sisters" lead a coup against the government that threatens to plunge the country into civil war, Nyx is tasked with bringing them in. The hunt takes Nyx and her inglorious team of mercenaries to one of the richest, most peaceful, and most contaminated places on the planet - a country wholly unprepared to host a battle waged by the world's deadliest assassins.

In a rotten nation of sweet-tongued politicians, giant bugs, and renegade shape-shifters, Nyx will forge unlikely allies and rekindle old acquaintances. And the bodies she leaves scattered across the continent this time...may include her own. Because no matter where you go or how far you run in this world, one thing is certain: The bloody bel dames will find you.

©2011 Kameron Hurley (P)2012 Audible, Inc.
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The world of Kameron Hurley's Bel Dame Apocrypha series comes fully alive in the second installment's rich language of burnous, bakkies and beetle biotech. Desert planet Umayma is a patchwork of the arcane and high tech, the ancient and imagination, where gene pirates and black-market zygotes exist alongside shape-shifters.

Against the backdrop of the ravages of unending holy war, Infidel's tale of political intrigue and brutal violence is led by veteran assassins and cunning survivors, with Emily Bauer's performance capturing the grit and shifting motivations in the complex cast.

Far more than a mindless shoot-'em-up, the result is an alternate reality that bustles with energy and contradictions that turn faith, gender, and honor on their heads.

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Violent, dark, and bug ridden

I didn't know how I felt about these books for the longest time, because they are so different than anything I've ever read before.

It's set on another planet with a sun too harsh for humans populated by bugs big and small. Religious wars have been ongoing for centuries.

Everyone is deeply flawed and yet, when the book was over, I still wanted more. It's a good ride if you aren't too squeamish.

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