The Twisted Path

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I have enjoyed Harry Connolly's Twenty Palace stories. They inhabit a tight “noire” neighborhood in the world of urban fantasy, where vampires don't sparkle and werewolves aren't misunderstood. To the contrary, the threats are of Lovecraftian proportions and those who protect the world are barely human themselves.

This is a short dip back into the Twenty Palace universe. We get to see Analise and Ray back in action again as they are called to the First Palace in Lisbon in order to let the other peers attempt to fathom why Ray has managed to survive as many as five assignments with Analise. Ray is a “wooden man,” which basically makes his job to draw fire from supernatural predators so that Annalise can take care of the problem. Most Wooden Men don't make it past one assignment, so the powers that be are curious.

We get a glimpse into the hitherto mysterious world of the Twenty Palaces, although most of it remains dark. Ray and Annalise naturally stumble onto a predator threat and life and death choices.

It all makes for an exciting story.