Book Review: Arm of the Sphinx (The Books of Babel, #2) by Josiah Bancroft
This review was written the 2nd of July 2017
Cover art by: Ian Leino
Arm of the Sphinx by Josiah Bancroft
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Series: The Books of Babel (Book #2 of 4)
Genre: Fantasy, Steampunk Fantasy
Pages: 381 pages (US Kindle edition)
Published: 28th July 2014 by Josiah Bancroft (Self-published) & 22nd August 2017 Orbit Books
Raven’s Shadow by Anthony Ryan, The Riyria Revelations by Michael J. Sullivan, and now, The Books of Babel by Josiah Bancroft; I’ll be surprised if this series doesn’t end up becoming the next successful self-published to traditionally published fantasy transition.
Arm of the Sphinx is the second book in The Books of Babel series by Josiah Bancroft. The story continues months after the end of the previous book. Each chapter still begins with memorable and philosophical quotes such as:
“We are, each of us, a multitude. I am not the man I was this morning, nor the man of yesterday. I am a throng of myself queued through time. We are, gentle reader, each a crowd within a crowd.”