Good Guys, Steven Brust
Good Guys, Steven Brust
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Good Guys

Author: Steven Brust

Narrator: Kevin T. Collins

Unabridged: 9 hr 21 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 09/11/2018


Synopsis

A snarky, irreverent tale of secret magic in the modern world, the first solo stand-alone novel in two decades from Steven Brust, the New York Times bestselling author of the Vlad Taltos series

Donovan was shot by a cop. For jaywalking, supposedly. Actually, for arguing with a cop while black. Four of the nine shots were lethal—or would have been, if their target had been anybody else. The Foundation picked him up, brought him back, and trained him further. “Lethal” turns out to be a relative term when magic is involved.

When Marci was fifteen, she levitated a paperweight and threw it at a guy she didn’t like. The Foundation scooped her up for training too.

“Hippie chick” Susan got well into her Foundation training before they told her about the magic, but she’s as powerful as Donovan and Marci now.

They can teleport themselves thousands of miles, conjure shields that will stop bullets, and read information from the remnants of spells cast by others days before.

They all work for the secretive Foundation . . . for minimum wage.

Which is okay, because the Foundation are the good guys. Aren’t they?

About Steven Brust

Steven Brust is the author of Dragon, Issola, the New York Times bestsellers Dzur and Tiassa, and many other fantasy novels. He lives in Minneapolis.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Bradley on February 16, 2018

Fairly light UF superhero fiction with traditional powers, relics, and mystery. Of course, it's fueled by quasi-governmental agencies and assassinations that may or may not be justified, but the real joy in the novel comes from the mystery. Murder. Increasingly interesting and gory effects murder. Bu......more

Goodreads review by Bookwraiths on April 19, 2018

Originally reviewed at Bookwraiths. Good Guys is an urban fantasy take by Steven Brust, author of the Vlad Taltos fantasy series; it is light, fast-paced, and readable in the vein of other detective focused UF out there. Unfortunately, I didn’t find this Brust novel as interesting as his fantasy offe......more

Goodreads review by Jeffrey on January 09, 2019

Steven Brust's "Good Guys" is a mashup of the private investigation fantasy subgenre, a subgenre that is right in my wheelhouse. Brust is an old pro, the author of the famous "Vlad Taltos" novels, who has published 30 novels. He knows how to write. This book has a cool sort of vibe, kind of an old s......more

Goodreads review by Jim on August 24, 2022

This started off rather slow for me, but I really liked it by the end. Well narrated with a good mystery to solve by people & organizations that are as morally ambiguous as their means all leavened with just the right amount of low-key humor. There is magic in this world, but it isn't explained to d......more

Goodreads review by Judy on February 16, 2018

Thanks to NetGalley and Macmillan - Tor/Forge for the galley. Definitely 4.5 stars. Okay, this was so very, very good! I've been trying to figure out how to begin reading some of the Steven Brust books but there are so many my head would just spin around whenever I tried to decide on a jumping off poi......more