trochee finished reading Lake of Souls by Ann Leckie
Ah, dang I love these stories.
I get a kick out of the extended Radch stories with their heavily cliquey diplomatic politics
But I Just Can't Get Enough
of the Raven Tower universe, with its very specific rules about how gods work and live with humans. Some parts of the Raven Tower stories even feel a little bit like the old Asimov (I, Robot) or Conan Doyle (Sherlock Holmes) stories, because they're an exploration of possible conduct under certain very confined rules of politics and promises.
Do Not Make Promises To Gods is clearly the best operating procedure, but gah it seems so interesting.
Want to hear more about the Auditors of Narendra, though.