Moonshine (Cal Leandros, Book 2)
by Rob Thurman
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Author: Rob ThurmanEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2007-03-06
ISBN: 0451461398
Number of pages: 352
Publisher: Roc
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Book Review: World-building makes it more than worthwhile
Summary: 5 Stars
I have to admit, the cover by Chris McGrath (who also does the cover artwork for Jim Butcher's "Dresden Files" books) was what got me curious about this book and the story it contains...
Caliban "Cal" Leandros, a hybrid of human and Auphe (an especially vicious breed of dark-elf-like beings, and his older brother Nikos have set up their own paranormal detective agency. Yheir latest case involves infiltrating rival mob clans of werewolves to gauge who's trying to one-up the other. Things go from bad to worse when Cal's galpal George is snatched by an unknown attacker, and the powerplays start to spiral into something far worse than mere fang-baring among the wolves...
I won't deny Cal is at times a bit annoyingly angsty, but he's got every reason to be: he's had more thrown at him in his nineteen or twenty-some odd years than anyone should (being half-monster doesn't help, especially when every creature and its brother delights in rubbing his face in the fact), but he's showing signs he has the potential to grow out of it in due time. And while it took me a little while to warm up to Cal (I like his less-angsty brother Nikos a little more), I'm glad I stuck it out with this book to the end: the world-building is top-notch, and there is a host of genuinely creepy, inhuman creatures. This is not your typical paranormal-creatures-with-a-human-heart sort of urban fantasy: some of the creatures would make H.P. Lovecraft or the creators of White Wolf's World of Darkness tabletop RPGs shiver in their boots! I've heard people compare this series to Jim Butcher's Dresden Files, but I'd say in a lot of ways, it's more like Eric Kripke's "Supernatural": it's a lot more gritty and gruesome, and just as emotionally charged as SPN. I wouldn't go so far as to draw paralells between the Leandros brothers and the Winchester brothers, since they're very different guys, if similar.
Summary of Moonshine (Cal Leandros, Book 2)
After saving the world from his fiendish father's side of the family, Cal Leandros and his stalwart half-brother Niko have settled down with new digs and a new gig-bodyguard and detective work. And in New York City, where preternatural beings stalk the streets just like normal folk, business is good. Their latest case has them going undercover for the Kin-the werewolf Mafia. A low-level Kin boss thinks a rival is setting him up for a fall, and wants proof. The place to start is the back room of Moonshine-a gambling club for non-humans. Cal thinks it's a simple in-and-out job. But Cal is very, very wrong.Cal and Niko are being set up themselves-and the people behind it have a bite much worse than their bark...
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