I’ve been looking forward to the sequel to SCARLET (which is explicitly “The Scarlet Pimpernel, with vampires”) for a while now. Genevieve Cogman is an old friend from the In Nomine fan days, and she’s always been a crackerjack writer. SCARLET itself was page-turning fun. At the time, I called it a “discerning, yet loving look at the original source material,” and I stand by that. That being said: now that the setting has been established*, it’s time for MOAR VAMPIRES.
#commissionearned
*I admit to being slightly torn: humans should be on top of the food chain, but the Reign of Terror was called that for a reason. One wonders what the Founding Fathers made of vampires, in this setting. Not that I can insist that a British author drop everything and narratively rush across the Atlantic, just to tell the former colonists’ story…