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385 pages, Paperback
First published August 7, 2018
"I'm not sure there ever were any rules, but if there were, they're pretty much void at this point."One character says this to another in Temper, the Austin, Texas-based author Nicky Drayden's second novel, but it also applies to the work as a whole. Drayden writes fearlessly, blending science and fantasy, history and myth, culture-jamming endless inventions that never quite fall apart.
—p.299
"So we're going to blackmail him?"Nicky Drayden is fond of wordplay, and is not above the occasional quick volley of penis puns. So when you remember that "temper" is a verb as well as a noun, you can be sure that Drayden will use both meanings in full measure.
"The best kind of mail. Won't even cost us a stamp."
—p.114