Summers at Castle Auburn by Sharon Shinn reviewed by Victoria Strauss Coriel Halsing is the illegitimate child of a noble line. But their recent campaign of territorial expansion has given rise to a wave of gulden terrorism, and indigo fear and hatred of the gold-skinned people is once more rising to fever pitch. Not everyone wants the truth, if indeed it does exist, to be uncovered. A faction, led by the Archangel Bael, who fears loss of power and influence, are hunting down and killing Jacobite agents. Fortunately not all the Angels have joined Bael's pogrom against the Jacobites.
Some books simply defy easy categorization into a genre.
That definitely includes Sharon Shinn's latest effort. Set in the future on a distant planet, it is, at heart, a murder mystery. As much as anything else, however, the book is a vehicle for her to explore various religious concepts. The Alleluia Files by Sharon Shinn reviewed by Victoria Strauss Victoria felt that, like its predecessors, this novel is competently written and paced, with attractive central characters and an appealing romance element. However, the book suffers from sequelitis.