Reading The Hugos: A Drop Of Corruption

Name: Reading The Hugos: A Drop Of Corruption
Start: 2026-01-22T18:00:00-06:00
Location: Larry's Pizza of North Little Rock

Schedule

Thu, 22 Jan, 2026 at 06:00 pm

UTC-06:00

Location

Larry's Pizza of North Little Rock | North Little Rock, AR

A book club in which we read current and potential Hugo Award nominees.
The Hugos are one of the most prestigious awards for Science Fiction and Fantasy media, and one of only a few major awards that are actually voted on by readers! Let's get together to discuss current and potential future Hugo Award nominees and decide whether we would vote for them or not.
The book selection for January is A Drop of Corruption by Robert Jackson Bennett.
In the canton of Yarrowdale, at the very edge of the Empire’s reach, an impossible crime has occurred. A Treasury officer has disappeared into thin air—abducted from his quarters while the door and windows remained locked from the inside, in a building whose entrances and exits are all under constant guard.
To solve the case, the Empire calls on its most brilliant and mercurial investigator, the great Ana Dolabra. At her side, as always, is her bemused assistant Dinios Kol.
Before long, Ana’s discovered that they’re not investigating a disappearance, but a murder—and that the killing was just the first chess move by an adversary who seems to be able to pass through warded doors like a ghost, and who can predict every one of Ana’s moves as though they can see the future.
Din has seen Ana solve impossible cases before. But this time, with the stakes higher than ever and Ana seemingly a step behind their adversary at every turn, he fears that his superior has finally met an enemy she can’t defeat.
NOTE: This is book 2 in the Shadow of the Leviathan series. Reviews say it can be read as a standalone, but for the full effect, reading book 1 first is recommended.
For teen and up readers. Books can be checked out at any NLRPLS library location or online on the Libby app. We meet at Larry's Pizza in North Little Rock. Look for the table which has the book club sign. Feel free to plan to eat dinner there or just come for the discussion! For more information, contact Megan at [email protected]. No registration required.