Liu, Marjorie M. - Eye of Heaven
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oyceterI swear, I tried to stop my headlong fall into Liu's books so I wouldn't burn out on them, but I don't seem to be slowing down...
Iris McGillis has a strange affinity for large cats, and when Blue Perrineau of Dirk & Steele, the detective agency cum front for psychic do-gooders, comes across her on a quest to find his half-brother, sparks fly.
I have to say, I love that Blue's half-brother literally runs away to join the circus.
I really liked both Iris and Blue, particularly Iris, who is quite a loner. It was neat getting to know Blue more as well, considering that he was the only one of the agents we met in Tiger Eye who didn't make much of an impression on me. I like Blue's gentleness and patience and Iris' wariness a lot, and the dialogue, as usual, is great.
The plot contains: international human organ trafficking, lost family members, a return of the Consortium, the reappearance of some plot points from Shadow Touch, three psychic factions and possibly two non-psychic factions (it's hard to say, as the factions keep metaphorically ripping off a Mission Impossible style mask and turning into other factions), and..... EYE LOSS!
Awesome. I think if Liu keeps going, she is going to hit Kinsale or manga levels of cracktasticness, at least in terms of plot.
I still get a little annoyed hearing about the married agents from previous books, although I was pleased to see that some of them had actual subplot, which made their appearance less gratuitous. I'm also glad that so far, there's only been one kid. I hope Miri gets more plot later, as well as Aggie from Liu's novella.
I was a little irked to see another Asian human trafficker, but then I remembered the existence of non-Asian white human traffickers. And I cheered when we discover that Blue speaks Farsi. Yay multiracial Middle Eastern hero who is not a sheik! I also cheered for the stronger older women, and for the small note that Iris' ancestors were from East Africa, albeit via the Middle East and Europe.
Anyway, I am continuing to enjoy this series, so much so that I camped out in a bookstore this afternoon and read all of Liu's short stories and novellas. I think the Chinese femaleassassin counter-terrorist secret agent vampire named Six (after the Cylon?) who is part of a squad of Chinese female counter-terrorist secret agents should get a novel, even though she isn't in the Dirk & Steele universe. Also, I want more about Aggie, who is kickass, snarky and made of awesome.
Iris McGillis has a strange affinity for large cats, and when Blue Perrineau of Dirk & Steele, the detective agency cum front for psychic do-gooders, comes across her on a quest to find his half-brother, sparks fly.
I have to say, I love that Blue's half-brother literally runs away to join the circus.
I really liked both Iris and Blue, particularly Iris, who is quite a loner. It was neat getting to know Blue more as well, considering that he was the only one of the agents we met in Tiger Eye who didn't make much of an impression on me. I like Blue's gentleness and patience and Iris' wariness a lot, and the dialogue, as usual, is great.
The plot contains: international human organ trafficking, lost family members, a return of the Consortium, the reappearance of some plot points from Shadow Touch, three psychic factions and possibly two non-psychic factions (it's hard to say, as the factions keep metaphorically ripping off a Mission Impossible style mask and turning into other factions), and..... EYE LOSS!
Awesome. I think if Liu keeps going, she is going to hit Kinsale or manga levels of cracktasticness, at least in terms of plot.
I still get a little annoyed hearing about the married agents from previous books, although I was pleased to see that some of them had actual subplot, which made their appearance less gratuitous. I'm also glad that so far, there's only been one kid. I hope Miri gets more plot later, as well as Aggie from Liu's novella.
I was a little irked to see another Asian human trafficker, but then I remembered the existence of non-Asian white human traffickers. And I cheered when we discover that Blue speaks Farsi. Yay multiracial Middle Eastern hero who is not a sheik! I also cheered for the stronger older women, and for the small note that Iris' ancestors were from East Africa, albeit via the Middle East and Europe.
Anyway, I am continuing to enjoy this series, so much so that I camped out in a bookstore this afternoon and read all of Liu's short stories and novellas. I think the Chinese female
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Mon, Mar. 10th, 2008 06:07 am (UTC)Awesome. I think if Liu keeps going, she is going to hit Kinsale or manga levels of cracktasticness, at least in terms of plot.
Put it this way, by the time you hit the latest book, Liu has reached new levels of cractasticness.
But, dude, which short story has the Chinese female counter-terrorist secret agents? I need to know!
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Mon, Mar. 10th, 2008 09:01 am (UTC)That's in the new anthology, right? Man, I should that!
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