This is an excerpt from my first professional review in Kirkus Reviews for “Black Corrosion”:
“Gurgu’s series has taken an intriguing route; it began as apocalyptic SF and has gradually incorporated dark fantasy elements. This installment shuffles engaging characters and subplots, from a young man leaving his village and getting caught up with drug dealers to a mysterious sickness showing no signs of slowing down. The narrative threads all intersect in some capacity by the end, with Han’s army remaining an ever-present menace. The author, who excels at crafting gleefully bizarre images, doesn’t disappoint here: there is a colossal stag beetle, Dreams and Nightmares cocoon themselves, and even the general landscape makes an impression (“Morning crept over the ruins’ walls and glass with smudges of pink. It stretched like blood creeping into the night’s darkness”). The gratifying final act offers a worthy resolution with just a hint as to the direction a sequel might take.
Engaging characters spearhead a vastly entertaining cross-genre tale.”
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