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Not as good as the Dante Valentine series, but nothing Ms. Saintcrow has done since DV has been as good, IMO. I love the DV series and was glad to see they have recently been reissued as a set for new readers. The Bannon & Clare protagonists are interesting and I always like steampunk. I'll continue to follow this series; it's a promising start.


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The Iron Wyrm Affair Bannon and Clare Lilith Saintcrow 9780316201261 Books Reviews

Lilith Saint Crow has an interesting take on Sherlock Holmes with the Sherlock character being the support character. The main character is a sorceress of significant abilities and responsibilities. The writing is fun and somewhat convoluted. Which I enjoyed. She has a unique ability to put a Victorian Era woman's view into wildly divergent situations. Love the hats.

The main character, Emma Bannon, is fascinating and I look forward to the series continuing. I have not read all of her other works; I did purchase and read the Dante Valentine collection and thoroughly enjoyed it. This is not that series, just a heads up. It is Victorian England with a fully realized and engaging Steampunk world complete with mechanical horses while Magic is embedded into daily life along with normal evils perpetuated by man on man. And other things on man as well.

I would suggest reading the free passage before purchase. If you enjoy the style of writing you can rest assured that it continues throughout. If you don't like it than continue on and back fill any of your other missing Saint Crow collections. The rest of us can enjoy an old era seen with a new magical light penned by the magical hand of Lilith Saint Crow.
Just when Archibald Clare, unregistered mentath, thought the boredom levels he was suffering might prove fatal, Emma Bannon, Sorceress Prime, appears in his study bringing with her dark whispers concerning threats to his life and the very empire he once served. Someone is killing unregistered mentaths in extraordinarily brutal ways -- a threat not only to Clare's person but to Britannia herself, as the empire's power rests on a delicate balance of sorcery and logic, magic and industry. With a young and vulnerable queen at risk, Clare finds himself the reluctant ally of a sorceress pledged to do whatever it takes to protect her queen -- even if it means unleashing forces as dark as those arrayed against the empire. And so the partnership between Clare and Bannon is born, a wedding of logic and passion, an unlikely union just unorthodox enough that they might just save Britannia -- if mistrust and stubborness don't see one or both of them killed first.

I freely admit that what first attracted me to this novel was its striking cover and typography, all very reminiscent of the promotional materials for the recent Robert Downey Jr. Sherlock Holmes films. And certainly Saintcrow's evocation of Bannon and Clare's world owes much to director Guy Ritchie's colorful vision of Victorian England. But Saintcrow takes Ritchie's energetic filmic sensibility a step further by infusing it with sorcery, mechanical advancements, and a history all her own, a 19th-century Britannia that is at once familiar and refreshingly unique. In Bannon and Clare's world, Britannia is governed by an ancient ruling spirit, currently residing within the vessel of a youthful Queen Victrix, seeking to establish her reign free of her mother's (and mother's advisors) corrupting influence. Familiar places are rechristened (i.e., Thames/Themis, London, Londinium) -- but just when you think Saintcrow is simply making free with new spellings, she surprises and reveals a deeper level of the science, sorcery, and history that makes this world tick.

Clare's intelligence and personal idiosyncrasies are a clear nod to Sherlock Holmes, the prime literary example of reason and logic personified. Like his literary progenitor, Clare even possess a promising arch-nemisis, obliquely referred to as the shadowy Dr. Vance. When coupled with Clare's mysterious past, the promise of Vance waiting in the wings holds tantalizing promise for Clare's further adventures. Pairing such a Holmesian figure with Emma, his polar opposite in passion and expertise, is an inspired touch as watching this 19th-century odd couple strive to find common ground is thoroughly entertaining. Add the peculiar mechanics of Emma's field into the mix -- including a dishy and unflaggingly loyal bodyguard named Mikal -- and the result is a winning (if dangerously combustible) sleuthing team.

The Iron Wyrm Affair is a thoroughly enjoyable slice of steampunk-colored escapism. Saintcrow may paint her world with an easily recognizable -- arguably derivative? -- brush, but she peoples her narrative with a pair of compelling, charismatic leads, colorful supporting characters, and eye-popping action scenes resulting in a highly readable, unfailingly entertaining reading experience. Bannon and Clare each possess a past rife with secrets and drama, promising further revelations and conflict in subsequent volumes as their unorthodox partnership and friendship finds fresh threats in need of the combined force of their particular talents. As a relatively new fan of the steampunk genre, I found much to love here, from Saintcrow's band of misfit heroes to the cinematic flair she possesses when penning scenes of high action. Those searching for a novel laced with a spirit of sheer, entertaining adventure and escapism need look no further than here -- and I for one am looking forward to Bannon and Clare's next case in service to Britannia's Queen Victrix.
This book demands a lot of the reader. The prose is thick, rich and archaic, and story exposition is conspicuously absent. The reader must extract details about characters and the world as it is revealed a bit at a time and piece it together for themselves. This is why I think many have given this novel poor reviews. The two main characters represent polar opposites in this world but are able to forge a relationship based on shared devotion to the crown and respect for each other's abilities. Archibald Claire is a mentath, a human logic machine, that can make incredible leaps in deductive reasoning, but processes the irrational and emotional extremely poorly. Emma Bannon is a powerful sorceress (Prime) who controls her magic through self confidence, stubbornness and courage, but is hot tempered and sharp tongued.

This book has romance as a sub-plot since Emma's devoted "Shield", Mikal, is in love with her and Archibald quickly becomes infatuated with her, but there are no actual sex scenes. The main plot focus is a royal investigation of the recent deaths of several of the queen's "mentaths". The main strengths of the book are its well constructed prose, fast pacing, intense action sequences, and extensive world building. It has aspects of urban fantasy like the author's other books in the sense that it takes place in a fantasy city based on London England and incorporates the magic and the supernatural, but occurs during the Victorian Era in regards to manners, fashions, and steam punk technology.
Not as good as the Dante Valentine series, but nothing Ms. Saintcrow has done since DV has been as good, IMO. I love the DV series and was glad to see they have recently been reissued as a set for new readers. The Bannon & Clare protagonists are interesting and I always like steampunk. I'll continue to follow this series; it's a promising start.