My Favorite Books of 2024. Part 2

     There are 5 books in continuing series that went beyond the trilogy model.  I was surprised when Michael J, Sullivan decided to return to his Literary Character Duo of Royce and Hadrian in Drumindor.  Released in November of 2024, and I really needed a return of old friends in light of November's events. Dennis E Taylor returned to the Bobiverse series with Not Til We Are Lost. Again, this installment had all the elements that makes this series so good, Humor, plot and thought-provoking dilemmas with Pop culture shout outs sprinkled throughout. If you are a fan of Douglas Adams and Andy Weir you will like Dennis E Taylor.

Finally, Christan Cameron came out with his 6th book in his Historical Fiction Chivalry series, Emperor's Sword. William Gold is the main character of this series, a person who gets 2 mentions in the Historical Records, once in a gaining his Knighthood on the battlefield and again decades later receiving some lands for rendered service, Cameron uses the empty spaces in the story to have Willian Gold turn up in all the struggles in Middle Age Italy, France and England. Nice to read and learn at the same time. There was 2 long running novella series that I was happy they got new installments. Penric & Desdemona series by Lois McMaster Bujold saw Penic and the Bandit added to the story of the Learned Penric. Anthony Ryan added Sword of Storms, the 6th novella in his Seven Sword series, if you are a fan of talking swords, you need to add this novella series. 

     I found four books starting new series that I found to be outstanding. Tide of the Black Steel by Anthony Ryan, and Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett, both who are authors I am a big fan of, came out with solid entertaining starts to new series. There were two new authors I found that had excellent starts to a new series. Silverblood Promise by James Logan and Mai Corland's Five Broken Blades had starling different settings but what they had in common was a quest plot with the gathering of the misfit characters to accomplish the long-arc goal, it is a literary trope I absolutely love. Both books pull off their quest trope in fine style.

     Finally, a shout out to the Dungeon Crawler Carl series, which I found in 2024 thanks to the Buzz. I was resistant to the hype at first because I am not a gamer, and I had a feeling I would miss a lot. I could not be more wrong. Believe the hype, it is well deserved.