Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Lynn McGuire Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written Subject: Re: "Minimum Wage Magic" by Rachel Aaron. Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2024 15:17:38 -0500 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 43 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2024 22:17:39 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="e1594ab7e4a959e7422447edd152cd74"; logging-data="595446"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX180iELszFI3SLsqGrtflW1+gd+ZRPRT0Bs=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:HfQ5g/SUd3/lG75LToYmUNQo9ag= In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 2923 On 10/19/2024 10:42 PM, Bobbie Sellers wrote: >    The title is "Minimum Wage Magic" by Rachel Aaron. > >     She has invented Detroit Free Zone which is both the > name of most of Detroit in 2115 and the living spirit of > Detroit.  DFZ dispossessed the Goddess Algonquin > who is the Goddess of the Great Lakes when Magic returned > (after a meteor struck) along with Dragons and other magical > beings. >   The protagonist is one Opal Yong-we who is having a bad > string of luck, you will find out why.  She works as a > Cleaner which means that if you cannot or will not pay your > rent the DFZ takes that space and seizes the property therein. > Cleaners like Opal pay the city for the privilege of > confiscating the defaulter's property and monetizing it. > Opal has studied magic at University level but did so > with tuition paid by her dad and it must be repaid. She > finds a defaulter dead on this deal with little to make money > from but a whole lot of trouble waiting in wings. >     So it is a rousing tale of derring-do and done with a > handsome armored former mercenary at her side with well- > trained reflexes. >     This is a relatively thin paperback and I can find no > publisher just directions to more books at www.RachelAaron.net >     I think I mentioned in the last year or so another novel > by this individual who also wrote under the name Rachel Bach. >     I have left the most important points about the story out > but it is somewhat heart-warming in the ending.  Lots of dragon > involvement. >     I found it to be good reading. >     bliss Is it as good as the Ilona Andrews books ? https://www.amazon.com/Minimum-Wage-Magic-DFZ-Book/dp/195236700X/ 270 pages with a 4.5 star out of 5 stars rating with 2,952 reviews on Big River. I may buy a copy. I have way too many books in my SBR though. Lynn