New Ramoth is less a city than a cesspit of sins, one thousand and one nightmares bought and sold at a bizarre bazaar of depravity, insanity, and bodily fluids. Many come to play, checking morality with their luggage at the door. And some, wishing the party continue forever, never leave.
Like any city, someone has to staff it, and so there is a service industry run by wretches and misfits who have found a place in the world scraping the walls of vomitoriums, hosing viscera off the toys in the sex dungeons. And the closest these folks have to any kind of justice in their lives is one of their own, a furry freak called Eddie Gnash, P.I.
But even in New Ramoth, where anything goes, and even though Eddie has seen pretty much every awful thing that money can buy, there are some sins which cannot be forgiven.
All work and no play makes Nate a dull boy All work and no play makes Nate a dull boy All work and no play makes Nate a dull boy All work and no play makes Nate a dull bog
I'm glad there is another book about Eddie Gnash. And though the way the plot alternates on this one was confusing at first, I loved it. Maybe the thing I like the most on this world Nathaniel has created is that invites us to look into the depravity of a world where rules seem not to apply. But the truth is New Ramoth could be anywhere, you just have to dig a little.
I'm surprised it has no reviews; to me it was as good or better than the previous. It let us know more about the city and how it was intended to be at first.
Recommended for fans of good fiction who enjoy weird worlds and odd people. But if you're already into bizarro fiction you should know this already.