Hugonauts: The Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time — The Devils by Joe Abercrombie - Monsters, the Pope, and a hell of a lot of good jokes!

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The Devils by Joe Abercrombie - Monsters, the Pope, and a hell of a lot of good jokes!

Hugonauts: The Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time · 95

In this episode we dive into The Devils by Joe Abercrombie. It’s a departure from the grim world of The First Law, leaning into a "monsters vs. monsters" heist set in a supernatural, alternate-history Europe. If you’ve ever wondered what it would look like if the Vatican recruited a werewolf, a vampire, and a…

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