Strongest Conjuration

by Skyler White

A tale of the Incrementalists—a secret society of two hundred people, with an unbroken lineage reaching back forty thousand years. They cheat death, share lives and memories, and communicate with one another across nations and time. They have an epic history, an almost magical memory, and a very modest to make the world better, a little bit at a time. Their ongoing argument about just how to accomplish this is older than most of their individual memories. They first appeared in the 2013 novel The Incrementalists by Steven Brust and Skyler White; subsequently, Tor.com published an Incrementalists story by Brust, "Fireworks in the Rain." "Strongest Conjuration" takes place directly after the events of the novel.

Genres: Science Fiction, Short Stories

32 pages, Kindle Edition

First published August 26, 2014

About the author

Skyler White writes angels and scientists, demons and revolutionaries, secret societies and sacred sex to play in the places where myth and modernity tangle.

OFFERINGS :: Lands of Sex & Magic (October 2013):
An episodic erotica set in the mythical Arcai and modern America

THE INCREMENTALISTS (Tor, September 2013, with Steven Brust): A secret society with an epic history and an almost magical memory must gather in Las Vegas to save itself ... and maybe the world

IN DREAMS BEGIN (Berkley, November 2010): A dark time-travel horror/romance set among luminaries of the late Victorian 'Golden Dawn' occult movement

AND FALLING, FLY (Berkley, March 2010): A dark fable of desire between a fallen angel and a self-medicating neuroscientist in a steampunk hell

Reviews

[Ron · Rating 2 out of 5]

Interesting, but kind of pointless.

Maybe there was a tie-in to some other work.

[Marco · Rating 1 out of 5]

I did not realize this was intended to be a tie-in short story / sequel until I was in the middle of it. It may be a good story to read if you have read the previous books of the Incrementalists series, but it is very difficult to follow and to appreciate as a stand-alone story.

[Jennifer · Rating 4 out of 5]

I think I'm going to need to read that one again...

[Jennifer · Rating 5 out of 5]

White and Brusk are going to string us along in the Incrementalists' universe, I can sense it. And I am thrilled!

[Howard Brazee · Rating 2 out of 5]

Need to read The Incrementalists first. But even with that, I didn't "get" this story.