#OpeningSentence

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quoted A Drop of Corruption by Robert Jackson Bennett (Shadow of the Leviathan, #2)

Robert Jackson Bennett: A Drop of Corruption (2025, Del Rey)

The eccentric detective Ana Dolabra matches wits with a seemingly omniscient adversary in this brilliant …

I’d thought the jungles of the eastern Empire to be oppressively hot, but as I sat in the prow of the little canal boat and felt the sweat slip down my brow, I decided the north was, without question, far worse.

A Drop of Corruption by  (Shadow of the Leviathan, #2)

quoted After atlas by Emma Newman (A Planetfall novel)

"Acclaimed author Emma Newman returns to the captivating universe she created in Planetfall with a …

It's times like these, when I’m hunkered in a doorway, waiting for a food market of dubious legality to be set up, that I find myself wishing I could eat like everyone else.

After atlas by  (A Planetfall novel)