This week, we feature a book that produced a longer wait between books than even George R. R. Martin is infamous for. This week, we feature a book that I have waited more than SIX YEARS for, and other fans have waited over SEVEN YEARS for. This week, we feature Gold by Steven Savile.
Roughly six years ago, I was introduced to a “Secret World” Facebook book club by an author friend of mine who it turns out I gave the first review of his first book. In this new world, I met several authors and fellow readers alike, and have developed strong friendships with some of them, which is how I met Savile. At the time, one of the main books he was talking about was called SILVER, a story of a diverse team of spies, assassins, and soldiers came together outside the bounds of MI-6, similar to the crew in Mission: Impossible – but even more deadly and with even higher stakes.
SILVER, to this day, remains one of the best thrillers I have ever read and completely changed how I greet news of a new Papal election. It is HIGHLY recommended reading – but not the actual subject of this post.
But after reading SILVER, I wanted Savile to release GOLD post haste. I wanted to see how this story ended, dangit! And I would ask him about it quite frequently at first, petering out over the years until it got to the point where I never mentioned it.
Two weeks ago, Savile made a surprise announcement: GOLD was coming in just two weeks! SEVEN YEARS after the publication of SILVER, the Ogmios team was finally going to conclude their adventure. I was quite shocked to be offered an ARC, but hey, I never turn down those kind of opportunities – particularly not when it is THIS ARC, one of the ones I had hoped to be able to read for so long and was FINALLY getting a chance to.
And y’all, this book has lived up to the anticipation. As good as SILVER was – and it was truly phenomenal – this one may be even better. It has one particular scene in two parts that is the most horrifyingly beautiful scene I have ever read, bar none. It picks up with the fallout from SILVER, and the threats made in SILVER plague our heroes throughout this book as they fight to end this threat once and for all and save as many lives as possible – even as the odds are stacked ever more against them.
I don’t say this often, but this is truly one of those “drop whatever you’re reading and read this book” level books – it is *that* good.
As always, the Goodreads/ Amazon and YouTube reviews after the jump.
You’ll Never Look At Gold The Same Again. FINALLY, after so many years begging for this book that I finally stopped begging and just quietly assumed it would never happen, Steven Savile comes back with the explosive conclusion to the story he created in SILVER.
SILVER is easily one of the best thrillers I’ve read in my life, and GOLD is at least as good. The action picks up shortly after the events of SILVER, with the team still dealing with its repercussions. Except that the threat is about to be realized, and now the team must fight harder than ever to save lives before it is too late.
But with the events of SILVER looking over their heads, can they pull off the impossible, even as the odds are stacked ever more against them?
Well… read to find out 😀