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When I tried to answer the question, “what did you do with your time while you were laid off?” Part of that answer was “read about forty books” of which about twenty were Wells’

5 Ile Rien, 7 Cloud Roads, 2 Emilie, Witch King, plus rereading Murderbot

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Which were your favorites?

I’m curious if Witch King will be standalone or not. That might change my answer. The Ile Rien ones were good, the Emilie ones would make good YA fare. The Raksura books are told by a nonhuman culture, but things get very dark at some points. I’d say that one of the main characters in that series is a bit of a prototype for Murderbot, and another the prototype for Ship.

She's posted that the sequel is in the works, called Queen Demon

They announced a second book on goodreads called Queen Demon

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/217388171-queen-demon

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