
The October Man
Rivers of London, Book 6.2
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Narrado por:
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Sam Peter Jackson
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Ben Aaronovitch
If you thought magic was confined to one country - think again.
Trier: famous for wine, Romans, and being Germany's oldest city.
When a man is found dead with his body impossibly covered in a fungal rot, the local authorities know they are out of their depth. But fortunately this is Germany, where there are procedures for everything.
Enter Tobias Winter, an investigator for the Abteilung KDA, the branch of the German Federal Criminal Police which handles the supernatural. His aim is to get in, deal with the problem, and get out with the minimum of fuss, personal danger, and paperwork.
Together with frighteningly enthusiastic local cop, Vanessa Sommer, he quickly links the first victim to a group of ordinary middle-aged men whose novel approach to their mid-life crisis may have reawakened a bloody conflict from a previous century.
As the rot spreads, literally, and the suspect list extends to people born before Frederick the Great, Tobias and Vanessa will need to find allies in some unexpected places.
And to solve the case they'll have to unearth the secret magical history of a city that goes back two thousand years. Presuming that history doesn't kill them first.
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This is honestly my favorite book by Aaronovitch in quite some time. The reason for this is quite honestly because it’s something new within the world and not weighed down by all the characters, angst, relationships, plotlines, and lore of the mainline series. Instead, what you have is a solidly good, standalone book that hearkens back to early days of the Rivers of London series.
We are presented with a German investigator (Tobias Winter) that got conscripted into the world of magic sometime before this book and a temporary partner from the local precinct (Vanessa Sommer). He couldn’t care less about the magic or weird bollocks, it’s just something that is, and also happens to usually be a pain in the ass, while she loves everything about the prospect of magic, from Harry Potter to Tolkien. And you get exactly what you would hope for from a setup like that. Except, because Aaronovitch know how to subvert the common tropes, both people are quite competent at their jobs – mundane and magical – and aren’t unnecessarily overpowered, or overpowered at all. Plus the Fae with their geasa, rules, and holier than thou attitudes are thankfully downplayed this time around. I say thankfully because truthfully that aspect has gotten more than a little tiresome in the mainline series.
So I really do recommend this to any fans of the universe, but also to anyone wanting to dip their toes in. Peter Grant is only mentioned as “that guy over in London” and nothing more. So it is spoiler free in that regard. Furthermore, it is fully standalone, though I do hope for more books following Tobias Winter.
Refreshing and in many places, better.
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too short but good to be intro a new apprentice
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I've not heard Sam Peter Jackson narrate before, but he does an excellent job capturing the variety of characters in the story. I especially liked how he narrated Tobias, communicating his open minded flexibility hidden within his circumspect conservative delivery.
Overall it kept my attention throughout and I hope there'll be more.
Very enjoyable.
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The only thing I have against Ben Aaronovitch is overflowing creativity. He is good at many different kinds of projects. Therefore, he doesn't offer a new Rivers of London book as often as I wish. I am always a little thirsty for More, Please- waiting for the next River to flow. Yet when they do, they have always been freshly invigorating. And this new story line has lived up to my most hopeful Aaronovitch expectations. So did new narrator, Sam Peter Jackson, who magically manages to capture exactly the right tone of droll. Enjoy!
Exactly What You Hoped For...
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Another sweet tributary in the rivers series
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Narrator is not great with women's voices at all and I had some difficulty telling who was speaking at times was not enough to seriously impact the story.
Rivers outside of London
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Same, only different.
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Missing the humor
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Excellent novella
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Nice story
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