Sat. Nov 23rd, 2024

Waiting on Wednesday is a memeย hosted byย Breaking the Spineย to let us share our excitement for books coming out soon.

I’ve been waiting for Angry Robot books to start hitting the shelves again, and this one in particular caught my eye. NetGalley has a number of blurbs from authors for it, but this one? This is the one that really caught my eye:

โ€œHalf partย Breaking Badย and half part urban fantasy,ย Flexย is an enthusiastic romp through a world of ingenious magic accessed by geeky, obsessive projection. Tremendously entertaining rule-tinkering and loophole-hunts abound. A terrific read.โ€
โ€“ย Robert Jackson Bennett, author ofย American Elsewhere

I absolutely love Breaking Bad and the thought of putting that type of a spin on an urban fantasy is so appealing.

Title:ย Flex

Author:ย Ferrett Steinmetz
Expected publication:ย April 2nd, 2015
Publisher:ย Angry Robot
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ย A desperate father will do anything to heal his daughter in a novel where Breaking Bad meets Jim Butcherโ€™s Dresden Files…FLEX:ย Distilled magic in crystal form. The most dangerous drug in the world. Snort it, and you can create incredible coincidences to live the life of your dreams.FLUX:ย The backlash from snorting Flex. The universe hates magic and tries to rebalance the odds; maybe you survive the horrendous accidents the Flex inflicts, maybe you donโ€™t.

PAUL TSABO:ย The obsessed bureaucromancer whoโ€™s turned paperwork into a magical Beast that can rewrite rental agreements, conjure rented cars from nowhere, track down anyone whoโ€™s ever filled out a form. But when all of his formulaic magic canโ€™t save his burned daughter, Paul must enter the dangerous world of Flex dealers to heal her. Except heโ€™s never done this before โ€“ and the punishment for brewing Flex is army conscription and a total brain-wipe.

21 thoughts on “Waiting on Wednesday – Flex”
  1. Oooh, I totally missed this one! Angry Robot is quickly becoming one of my favourite pubs, so I’m excited to hear that their stuff will be releasing again soon. It is kind of unfortunate that the synopsis compares it to the Dresden Files because it’s just such an established series that comparison is usually unfavourable to the new book, but what can you do? I’m definitely intrigued by this one!
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