As expected, the ‘reset’ brought some big stakes back into the picture and Vaughan decided to really hammer the reader at the end with a massive blow-off and tragic end. I was actually not expecting just about anything that happened here, and getting a chance to explore Phang was cool, as well as the little creatures who joined us for the collection.

Reviewed on Wednesday, January 18th, 2023, 9:43pm.

If the stakes were high in Nemesis Games, they are to the moon (no pun intended) in Persepolis Rising. It's really starting to feel like a massive culmination of all the stories, and though it was shocking at first, it was a great move to jump forward in time. I can't imagine where we go from here.

Reviewed on Monday, October 17th, 2022, 12:00am.

David Grann accomplishes no small feat here in bringing history to life in a way that it unfolds like a fictional mystery. I appreciated his storytelling abilities here which both paid tremendous respect to a disturbing bit of American history and kept me enthralled to see how things would unfold. I certainly had never heard anything about this story, these people, and their hardships, which is ultimately the whole point: the country had created such a culture that they could be put through immense tragedies so easily and unencumbered -- often facilitated. I appreciate Grann shining a light on their stories.

Reviewed on Saturday, December 2nd, 2023, 1:14pm.