James Nicoll Reviews

Rebecca Fraimow’s 2024 Lady Eve’s Last Con is a stand-alone science fiction caper novel.

Confidence agents Ruth Johnson and her sister Jules have made a tolerable living bilking gullible rich travelers plying the interstellar lanes. Jules made the mistake of falling for her latest mark, Esteban Mendez-Yuki. Jules ended up dumped, heartbroken, and pregnant.

Ruth is determined to provide Jules’ kid with a nest-egg and Jules with revenge by proxy. Victory seems assured! How hard could it be to con one rich egghead?

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The Iron Children by Rebecca Fraimow is a stand-alone science fantasy novella.

Having tolerated Cesteli independence for decades, the Levastani empire is determined to reabsorb their break-away province. Cesteli is sparsely populated and their resistance seems doomed to failure. But … Cesteli has a supply of godstone. Godstone makes command plates possible; command plates allow a commander of a squad of metal-skinned cyborg soldiers — Dedicates — to act as one. Dedicates deal handily with opposition. Cesteli may be able to win this war.

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