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The Corsay Books
Mr. Stitch
It is three years after the second launch of the aethership “Excelsior”; the Ettercap War has ended and Trowth has returned to a traumatized semblance of normalcy, but is now menaced by an unseen adversary. A terrifying, merciless hand has seized control of the heresies in Trowth, and is using them to bring down the Empire itself.
The city’s unsung hero–diseased, drug-addicted, Detective Inspector Elijah Beckett–is the only man who can save Trowth from herself, but his own mind and body have begun an inexorable spiral into decay, from which he may never be able to recover.
The city’s unsung hero–diseased, drug-addicted, Detective Inspector Elijah Beckett–is the only man who can save Trowth from herself, but his own mind and body have begun an inexorable spiral into decay, from which he may never be able to recover.
248 pages, Kindle Edition
First published September 30, 2010
About the author
Chris Braak
6 books15 followersRAAARRGGGH! I AM A MIGHTY NOVELIST AND ALSO DINOSAUR!
Hello. Welcome to the biography of Chris Braak, famous playwright and book-writing-guy. You may have heard the rumors that I am actually a velociraptor in disguise, wearing a suit that I made from the skins of my human victims, but that's obviously absurd! I mean, how, if I were such a thing, could I ever type? I'd need some kind of mechanical apparatus that fit over my saurian talons that I was able to use to manipulate an ordinary keyboard. I'd call it a talonic-mechano-typewriting engine, IF SUCH A THING EXISTED. Which it doesn't.
Anyway, read some of my books, or risk being devoured.
Also, I'm just adding anyone as a friend if we have more than 30 books in common. If there's a better criterion for friendship, I can't think of what it might be.
Hello. Welcome to the biography of Chris Braak, famous playwright and book-writing-guy. You may have heard the rumors that I am actually a velociraptor in disguise, wearing a suit that I made from the skins of my human victims, but that's obviously absurd! I mean, how, if I were such a thing, could I ever type? I'd need some kind of mechanical apparatus that fit over my saurian talons that I was able to use to manipulate an ordinary keyboard. I'd call it a talonic-mechano-typewriting engine, IF SUCH A THING EXISTED. Which it doesn't.
Anyway, read some of my books, or risk being devoured.
Also, I'm just adding anyone as a friend if we have more than 30 books in common. If there's a better criterion for friendship, I can't think of what it might be.
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March 16, 2023
As the first, a very good book, though in Mr. Stitch certain flaws that existed in the Translated Man are more visible. World-building continues to be top-notch, characterization is pretty good.
The plot, I think, suffers from sprawling too much. It's a good deal more complex than the first book's, and the main characters spend almost the entire book split up. The end result is that too much is going on and it's not particularly clear how things connect together. The pieces do eventually fit, but there are some sections where it simply devolves into a chaotic and confusing mess.
On the other hand, the book *does* tie everything together at the end, and the conclusion is deeply, deeply satisfying. Originally, I am told this was supposed to be a four-book series, but Book 3 never ended up coming out. Still, this is a worthy end to the duology.
The plot, I think, suffers from sprawling too much. It's a good deal more complex than the first book's, and the main characters spend almost the entire book split up. The end result is that too much is going on and it's not particularly clear how things connect together. The pieces do eventually fit, but there are some sections where it simply devolves into a chaotic and confusing mess.
On the other hand, the book *does* tie everything together at the end, and the conclusion is deeply, deeply satisfying. Originally, I am told this was supposed to be a four-book series, but Book 3 never ended up coming out. Still, this is a worthy end to the duology.
October 26, 2010
This is my book. I probably rated it a little higher than I should have?
It's rad, though.
It's rad, though.
January 20, 2011
This was the sequel to the Translated Man. While I felt it was not quite as good and there were enough grammatical, spell-check-induced errors which were overly noticeable, it was still pretty good. If you liked the first one, then I'd say read it, if you didn't then pass. I also felt like the "word-smithing" was a little overdone which was distracting, but the story was pretty decent (even if I was hoping he was going to write about some more heretical math). I felt part of the allure of the first book was missing here, but read it decide for yourself!
December 23, 2021
Set in a sort of steampunk alternate reality, it's about the Coroners, whose job is to catch people who are undertaking the Forbidden Sciences (like reanimating the dead.) This is a sequel, so start with the first book The Translated Man. Both are unattractively-packaged, poorly-proofread books that happen to be REALLY good. Think Orson Scott Card before he completely lost the plot (if there was a time like that?)
January 16, 2011
It was okay, I mainly enjoyed it as the sequel to The Translated Man, but didn't enjoy it as much. Though I understand the purpose of the device, the hallucinations seemed overused and ended up ruining the rhythm of the narrative for me.
February 23, 2011
Set in some alternative fantasy universe, not quite steam punk, with it's own rules. Sometimes you get tired of new universes but the writing was good so I overlooked it. Very enjoyable read.
October 8, 2014
A pretty good second book in the series.
October 15, 2016
Again, steampunk done right.
I would definitely recommend reading book#1 The Translated Man first.
I would definitely recommend reading book#1 The Translated Man first.
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