Title: Blood and Iron
Author: Elizabeth Bear
Format: Trade Paper bound

Blood and Iron is a rich wonderful modern fairy tale, intermingled with reality. My one warning to my readers: This is not a light book. Bear crafts magic and detail into every single page, so much that if you decide to skim this book, you will soon be lost. Everything takes place modern day. Sometimes in New York City, some times in the Fae realm. We get to follow Seeker, one of the Fae queen’s most feared subjects, through our world and back into Fae. What does she seek? A Merlin. A creature of pure magic. Not a mage, who wields magic, but someone that is magic. Seeker must balance the needs of her queen with her own needs, and those of her werewolf lover and that of their child. And even with those needs, she must face the Prometheus Club, a secret society of mages trying to get to the Merlin first. For whoever has the Merlin controls the war, and ultimately, controls the Dragon and both worlds. I like this book a lot, and I truly hope that Bear continues to write fantasy. I would highly recommend this novel to anyone who has lost faith in the sci-fi genre and would like that faith back.
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