![]() ![]() But with She Who Waits, he takes everything up to another level. One could almost say they were the ultimate expression of Grimdark fantasy. They were beautifully crafted crime noir in a fantasy landscape. The Warden’s earlier adventures showed what a great author Polansky is. What follows is a nail-biting rollercoaster of a ride where betrayal is as common as breathing and violence is the undercurrent to everything. Before too long, he’s mixed up with two rival drug clans, the secret police at Black House, and an up-and-coming political party. When a new drug hits the street with the unfortunate side effect of turning the odd junkie into a homicidal maniac, the Warden starts investigating where it’s coming from. Older he may be, slower perhaps–but he makes up for what age has taken away by still being the meanest player in town. ![]() The Warden may have stopped partaking of his own supply of narcotics since we last met him but that doesn’t mean he’s mellowed since then. ![]() It’s not a place for the faint-hearted but for anyone who likes things just a little on the dangerous side, it’s well worth the trip–as anyone who’s read Polansky’s previous two novels, The Straight Razor Cure and Tomorrow, The Killing, will attest. Welcome back to Low Town and the world of the Warden, a disgraced secret police enforcer turned drug dealer. ![]()
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