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Book Review: The Tainted Cup, by Robert Jackson Bennett

Cover of The Tainted Cup, by Robert Jackson Bennett, featuring a goblet on its side, with a plant sprouting from it, and more plant life creeping in from the borders. Human silhouettes stand at the corners. Cover design by Will Staehle/Unusual Co.

After a man is found dead due to a huge plant having suddenly sprouted from within his body, the investigator and her assistant quickly determine that this is no ordinary, accidental contagion. Their investigation and other events take them from a small frontier town to a metropolis full of factions and intrigues, from jurisdictional disputes to economic entanglements, as more deaths are discovered and a conspiracy unfolds that threatens the Empire itself.