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Book Review
Jan. 14th, 2026 08:05 pmThe Tomb of Dragons
by Katherine Addison
This is the third Cemeteries of Amalo book. Here we find Thara grappling with the loss of the spiritual ability that makes him a Witness for the Dead. He continues helping his protege Tomasaran and thus is on hand when a murder is discovered at the opera house. He is also contending with an assignment to get a cemetery whose administration has fallen into disorder. However, these endeavors are upended when Thara is kidnapped to a mine with a dragon ghoul problem and finds himself acting as witness for said dragon ghoul in the matter of the nearly 200 dragons slaughtered by a greedy mining company over 100 years ago.
I greatly enjoyed this novel. I liked the way Addison subverted the murder mystery plot of the opening, but wove its resolution into the last third of the novel. I liked how the dragon plot commented on the evils that greed leads people into. Most of all, I liked spending time with Thara. His healing process was lovely, and his relationships with his friends even more so.
by Katherine Addison
This is the third Cemeteries of Amalo book. Here we find Thara grappling with the loss of the spiritual ability that makes him a Witness for the Dead. He continues helping his protege Tomasaran and thus is on hand when a murder is discovered at the opera house. He is also contending with an assignment to get a cemetery whose administration has fallen into disorder. However, these endeavors are upended when Thara is kidnapped to a mine with a dragon ghoul problem and finds himself acting as witness for said dragon ghoul in the matter of the nearly 200 dragons slaughtered by a greedy mining company over 100 years ago.
I greatly enjoyed this novel. I liked the way Addison subverted the murder mystery plot of the opening, but wove its resolution into the last third of the novel. I liked how the dragon plot commented on the evils that greed leads people into. Most of all, I liked spending time with Thara. His healing process was lovely, and his relationships with his friends even more so.
