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Tyson Vaughan
is 30% done
This is getting better as it goes. The protagonist is compelling and the world is interesting. Prose is solid, although I think it could have benefited from one more copy editing pass. At first I thought the audiobook narrator was angry at his microphone, then I realized that he's going for an uber-masculine soldier's voice, which maybe fits the military theme. Pretty good with tone in dialogue, though.
— Nov 12, 2026 06:22PM
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Tyson Vaughan
is 60% done
This just keeps getting better and better. The protagonist is a member of a brutally persecuted minority. He and his compatriots have captured a member of a near-legendary tribe of beings believed to be devils or djinn. It's fascinating to watch the protagonist call the captured person an "it" and treat her with fear and distrust. He is slow to realize the parallels, but eventually he does.
— 23 hours, 7 min ago