#75 Only Hard Problems by Jennifer Estep

 

This novella is from Zane’s point of view.  At the Summer Solstice party and charged with giving a gift to a woman his grandmother expects him to wed for a financial alliance for his house. When the Techwave breaks into the research lab of the house hosting the party Zane is right on them to figure out what technology they are trying to steal. But the mystery gets even more interesting when he sees Asterin Armas, his potential bride in the lab as well. The Techwave grabs her as a hostage and but Zane is able to free her, but the Techwave gets away and has what they are looking for.  Zane has several interesting conversations after all the action and you get a new spin on his character.  

#76 The Butcher's Masquerade by Matt Dinniman

 

Carl and Donut are still alive and on the 6^th floor. There are outside groups that are not happy with how he finished the 5^th floor but now for now he has made some bargains and gotten a lawyer to represent him in court cases since the lawsuits are flying thick outside the game. There is more of the outside world politics and the events that happened on the surface at the end of the previous book will come into play on this floor.  I got a laugh at Carl having to leave to go to a convention about the crawl as a guest .  Now to track down the next book.

 

Digital review copy provided by the publisher through Edelweiss