The Water Knife

The kind of bleakness and nihilism I tend to avoid nowadays, because it just feels too extreme and unnuanced. This is almost a grimdark story, bit too much for my taste.

Ignoring that, there's some strong characters and it's certainly a very quick read. Felt like a Scalzi to me, with its dialogue and focus on action.

If you want to read a story about how all people are backstabbing, raping and murdering scum who will betray anyone as long as it's to their advantage... If you want to read about lots of torture and killing and monsters... This is the book for you.