Tales of a Nuisance Man

I received an advanced review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.

This collection of short stories, interspersed with interludes, is good fun. It is well written, and edited/proof read to a pretty good standard. There are still a few mistakes (use instead of us, for example) that pull you out of the story, but it is a very few.

Set in a city populated with orcs, dwarves, humans and so on, it tells the stories of various incidents in the life of Duke Grandfather, a Nuisance Man. These men take on jobs posted on the nuisance board at the local watch house, eliminating non-humans who have become a nuisance. It is set at a time when humans (or at least some of them) are coming to realise that non-humans do good and bad things, just like humans, and consequently only deserve to be eliminated if they have actually committed a serious crime.

Each story is different, some are funny, some are sad. One was a little too dark for my tastes. I enjoyed the overall feel, and the themes of emerging equality, as well as the humour. I would definitely read more from the series.

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