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The Skill of Our Hands
(2017)(The second book in the Incrementalists series)
A novel by Steven Brust and Skyler White
"Secret societies, immortality, murder mysteries and Las Vegas all in one book? Shut up and take my money." John Scalzi on The Incrementalists
The Incrementalists are a secret society of two hundred peoplean unbroken lineage reaching back forty thousand years. They cheat death, share lives and memories, and communicate with one another across nations and time. They have an epic history, an almost magical memory, and a very modest mission: to make the world better, a little bit at a time.
Now Phil, the Incrementalist whose personality has stayed stable through more incarnations than anyone elses, has been shot dead. Theyll bring him backbut first they need to know what happened. Their investigation will lead down unexpected paths in Arizona, and bring them up against corruption, racism, and brutality in high and low places alike.
But the key may lay in one of Phils previous lives, in Bleeding Kansas in the late 1850sand the fate of the passionate abolitionist we remember as John Brown.
Steven Brust and Skyler White's The Skill of Our Hands is the thrilling and thought-provoking follow-up to their critically acclaimed The Incrementalists.
At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Genre: Fantasy
The Incrementalists are a secret society of two hundred peoplean unbroken lineage reaching back forty thousand years. They cheat death, share lives and memories, and communicate with one another across nations and time. They have an epic history, an almost magical memory, and a very modest mission: to make the world better, a little bit at a time.
Now Phil, the Incrementalist whose personality has stayed stable through more incarnations than anyone elses, has been shot dead. Theyll bring him backbut first they need to know what happened. Their investigation will lead down unexpected paths in Arizona, and bring them up against corruption, racism, and brutality in high and low places alike.
But the key may lay in one of Phils previous lives, in Bleeding Kansas in the late 1850sand the fate of the passionate abolitionist we remember as John Brown.
Steven Brust and Skyler White's The Skill of Our Hands is the thrilling and thought-provoking follow-up to their critically acclaimed The Incrementalists.
At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Genre: Fantasy
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"Secret societies, immortality, murder mysteries, and Las Vegas all in one book? Shut up and take my money." - John Scalzi
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