Connor Drexler

Yippee a new urban fantasy series that is fun to read.

Mad Dog Walking does not break much new ground (Is there really any new ground to break in Urban Fantasy?) but it is better written than most of the recent UF offerings. A nonhuman or perhaps posthuman hero wields strong magical powers in a kind of twisted Harry Potter world where wizards of various sorts already operate. This hierarchy of wizardry disdains technomancy and blocks technomancers from advanced magical studies at the magical science universities. Order is enforced by a sinister magical police force. We have love and sex and a strong, believable female wizard and her technomancer brother who love our Mad God.

World building is top notch and believable. Characters are believable. The obligatory smash bang boom coruscating fire power blowout at the end is a little confusing, but I think this series has legs. Get another cover artist though.

I received a copy of "Mad God Walking: Walking Sideways 1" by Connor Drexler (City Owl) through NetGalley.com.… (mehr)