It reads like a murder mystery for the most part, but with using the facts and only speculating when absolutely necessary. Once you settle into the pace of the novel, it’s a good story. There isn’t a huge amount of ‘world building’, but what is there is pretty good. You are thrown into the deep end in terms of style of language, their laws and beliefs and their relationships. Winters is a difficult book to get into right away. He now enlists Aysa to help him, which could be a fatal mistake or a ground-breaking success. After Laszlo’s brother died a few years earlier, he has been trying to find out why it happened and connect the dots. He is introduced to a new partner, Aysa Paige, a young woman who is incredibly enthusiastic and raring to get started with the job. Laszlo Ratesic is a speculator, which means that he helps to enforce the law by speculating upon lies people tell, or lies that could surround a crime. Winters was published yesterday by Century. It is an interesting kind of world to imagine yourself being a part of, however it didn’t cause me to fear that it would one day happen. Golden State is dystopian fiction, akin to Orwell’s 1984 in its format and the bleak landscape. Winters, where you are legally only allowed to tell the truth, or the speculators will find you out.
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