John Hornor Jacobs: Foreign Devils (2015, Orion Publishing Group, Limited)
English language
Published 2015 by Orion Publishing Group, Limited.
Fisk and Shoe - mercenaries, very much not wanting to get caught in the middle of a political whirlwind - must deliver a very important message, and find a very dangerous man. They have caught the eye of the powerful men of the world, and now the stakes are higher than they like. And the Emperor has decreed that Livia Cornelius, pregnant with Fisk's child, must travel to the far lands of the Autumn Lords on a diplomatic mission. It will mean crossing half the world, and facing new dangers. And in the end, she will uncover the shocking truth at the heart of the Autumn Lords' Empire. A truth which will make the petty politics of war and peace unimportant, and will change the world.
The follow up to the Incorruptibles slows down the pace and cranks up the stakes. The purely Western journey of the first book is replaced by political intrigue, Far Eastern adventure, and one devastation after another.
The book is somewhat dissatisfying though, in that it's essentially just setting up the third book and so lacks any great resolution.
