Steele clearly knows how to weave together complex story lines, and the dialogue throughout the book felt rich and convincing. He also demonstrates a willingness to tackle difficult subject matter without shying away from it, which I respect.
Overall, this is the kind of fantasy you can sink into without emotional whiplash or relentless grimness. The adventure unfolds steadily, the characters are enjoyable company, and the world hints at more stories still waiting to be told.
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A delusional prison patient warns Dr. Brian Heiser, Marriage and Family Therapist, of enormous impending disaster. Dr. Heiser and his best friend, a lauded Forensic Psychologist, find themselves entangled in a 72-hour deadly race to stop an AI bill being fast-tracked through the Texas state legislature.
Under Vixen’s Mere is one of those novels that quietly gets under your skin and then refuses to leave.
From the opening pages, the prose immediately stood out to me. It’s spare without ever feeling sparse—clean, confident, and quietly assured. Dialogue and description are held in careful balance, each doing its work without calling attention to itself. Nothing strains for effect, and that sense of restraint builds trust early on, inviting the reader to settle in and follow where the story leads.
I don’t think I have – although there is a lot to look back on. It is unlikely because I am a slow burner and even with MTL it was three years after I first met him that I fell hook line and sinker. I must ponder. Meanwhile Michele says good morning.
Once, he walked in and I lost my breath. I just stared and had an entire encounter in my head. I think I was about 19 at the time. Going back a few years….lol Never did have a ‘real’ encounter though. Glad I never did because that would have taken all the mystery out of it.
Oh, most definitely. This used to happen to me regularly on the NYC subways…
Here via michele today!
Oh totally. Often.