DDDSpod is back with their favorite fantasy detectives Ana and Din as they dive into Parts One and Two of Robert Jackson Bennett’s A Trade of Blood! This time, a star-crossed romance between the heirs of two feuding cattle dynasties ends in a grisly murder—but when the crime scene starts moving, Ana and Din uncover a fungal conspiracy involving mind-controlled humans, creepy monkey-cats, mysterious deaths, and a whole lot of meat. Meanwhile, Din hears voices, reunites with his estranged sister, and meets a hot new plant doctor who may finally give us the queer romance we deserve.

But first, William survives the Amazon, Jacob finally succumbs to Dungeon Crawler Carl, and they discuss Camp Miasma, Spider-Man, Furious, and the horrors of vacation bloat.

This week William and Jacob head firmly into deep space as they give a full spoiler review of Empire of Silence by Christopher Ruocchio, the first book in the internet-favorite Sun Eater series. Hadrian Marlowe  The aliens couldn’t be cooler, and the world building is super intriguing. They weren’t so sure about some of the other choices here.

But first, they talk about The Odyssey, just like everyone else online is right now. Or maybe that’s just Jacob’s algorithm.

Next up: The Dragonbone Chair by Tad Williams

After an unplanned hiatus....Jacob and William are back to discuss the ending of Antonia Hodgson's utterly delightful fantasy mystery The Raven Scholar. Bonkers twists and utterly delightful characters kept your hosts guessing and enthralled to the very last page.

But first...William gives his thoughts on the latest Dungeon Crawler Carl and Red Rising books, while Jacob passes the middle point of Jenn Lyons's A Chorus of Dragons.

NEXT WEEK: Empire of Silence by Christopher Ruocchio

WARNING–this episode is allegedly about Parts 3-5 of The Raven Scholar by Antonia Hodgson, but Jacob and William are obligated to spend the first twenty minutes disclosing everything they hated about Disclosure Day.

Thank the Eight [and may they remain hidden] that The Raven Scholar continues to be one of the best books they’ve read this year. Parts 3-5 deepen some mysteries and resolve others, and serve up a bevy of challenges that, while uninteresting, offer our beloved characters plenty of opportunities to be their lovable selves. 

NEXT WEEK: The epic conclusion of The Raven Scholar

DDDSpod has found a new obsession in The Raven Scholar by Antonia Hodgson, a deeply clever and original fantasy novel. This Hugo shortlist-ee has it all–animal-aligned magic, a locked room murder mystery, centuries-long history and a feisty heroine who doesn't grate on a single nerve, unlike most popular #booktok protagonists. It's so engrossing William couldn't stop himself from reading twice the required reading.

DDDSpod will be back next week with more (or all?) of The Raven Scholar.

DDDSpod is back on the outskirts of a freaky biopunk fantasy empire with their favorite detectives Ana and Din as they discuss A Drop of Corruption by Robert Jackson Bennett. When a treasury envoy from the empire to the Kingdom of Yarrow goes missing, Ana and Din find themselves going head to head with a serial killer, and uncovering some of the Empire's most carefully hidden secrets. It's twisty, turny, and they loved it.

But first... William and Jacob run into each other in a darkroo...er, both share their feelings about the hit horror film Backrooms.

NEXT WEEK:

• The Raven Scholar by Antonia Hodgson: Parts 1 and 2

William and Jacob are back after a brief break to discuss Fonda Lee's The Last Contract of Isako. Isthmus Isako is a corporate samurai on the brutal planet Aquilo, where your next pink slip could mean your head is literally on the chopping block. There are a lot of typical sci-fi things happening here, and it's a well-paced and well-written novel but...it doesn't quite work for your hosts, and they're not sure why. But they get the giggles trying to figure it out.

NEXT WEEK:

A Drop of Corruption by Robert Jackson Bennet

It’s time for a big departure on DRAGONS DADDIES DEEP SPACE as your hosts are diving deep into Caro Claire Burke’s brilliant new novel Yesteryear, which is admittedly…not really sci-fi or fantasy, but is legitimately an incredible read. Natalie Heller Mills is the plastered-on smile behind a popular tradwife Instagram account whose perfect facade is beginning to crumble, especially when she wakes up in the 1850s. It’s thorny, it’s funny, it’s incredibly dark, surprisingly moving, and sharply written.

NEXT WEEK:

The Last Contract of Isako by Fonda Lee: Chapters 1-13

It's DDDSpod's second and final episode about The Faith of Beasts by James S.A. Corey. After an exciting and promising beginning, the disparate humans of Anjin come back together and the results are...anticlimactic. Your hosts are let down, but they're still dying to know what will happen in the final installment of The Captive's War trilogy.

But first, William obtains a poultice from a hedge witch, Jacob enjoys Apex on Netflix, and both hosts discuss the announcement of The Sixth Faction by Veronica Roth.

NEXT WEEK:

Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke

DDDSpod is back covering book two of James S.A. Corey's Captives War trilogy as Jacob and William discuss parts one and two of The Faith of Beasts. Dafyd is trying his best to hold it together as he's now the leader of the human moiety at the Carryx World Palace, and Jessyn makes an unexpected discovery while hoping to not run out of her antipscyhotic decoction. Your hosts couldn't be more thrilled to be back in this world, and the pages are breezing by like stars in asymmetrical space.

But first...It's a huge week for the pod as William and Jacob experience their first online hate. They couldn't love their antagonist more, and they hope he continues to waste his time listening to them! All that plus impressions of the new hit movie Mother Mary and the video game PRAGMATA.