On October 18, we'll be discussing "A Drop of Corruption" by Robert Jackson Bennett, the sequel to the Hugo-winning novel "The Tainted Cup"
As always, this discussion is free and open to anybody and everybody. This meetup is hybrid -- we meet both in-person at the Oak Park Public library and online via our Discord channel ("Chicago-SF-book-discussion"). A link with which to log on will be published shortly before the meeting. We meet once a month, normally on the third Saturday. Follow here on Facebook or our Discord channel for updates.
For those attending in-person, the meeting will be at the Oak Park Public Library, at 834 Lake St, Oak Park, IL (708) 383-8200. The library is close to free street parking to the north (inquire in comments for the best spots), has its own dedicated parking garage, and is within a short walk of both the Metra and Green line train stops. There is also an inexpensive parking garage 2 blocks away at 720 North Blvd. Please be aware that the library's parking garage closes at 5 pm. (For tips on the best street parking, please post a request in the discussion.)
Those who are able to meet in person at the Oak Park Public Library usually have dinner at one of Oak Park's many nearby restaurants afterwards.
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From the publisher:
In the canton of Yarrowdale, at the very edge of the Empire’s reach, a Treasury officer has disappeared into thin air—vanishing from a room within a heavily guarded tower, its door and windows locked from the inside.
To solve the case, the Empire calls on its most brilliant and mercurial detective, the great Ana Dolabra. At her side, as always, is her bemused assistant Dinios Kol.
Ana soon discovers that they are investigating not a disappearance but a murder—and one of surpassing cunning, carried out by an opponent who can pass through warded doors like a ghost.
Worse still, the killer may be targeting the high-security compound known as the Shroud, where the Empire harvests fallen titans for the volatile magic found in their blood. Should it fall, the Empire itself will grind to a halt, robbed of the magic that allows its wheels of power to turn.
Din has seen his superior solve impossible cases before. But as the death toll grows and their quarry predicts each of Ana’s moves with uncanny foresight, he fears that she has at last met an enemy she can’t defeat.
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