The Qubit Zirconium

Keyforge Series

By: M. Darusha Wehm

Narrated by: Chelsea Stephens

Alien detectives stumble across a mystery that could tear apart their patchwork planet, the Crucible, in this riotous science fantasy novel from the smash hit game KeyForge.

Wibble & Pplimz, the Crucible's most unusual private investigators, must set off from their office in Hub City to clear the name of a former client. Along the way, their investigation broadens from a simple accusation of theft to include a missing person, a potential murder, and a highly unusual gem. Four interlinking incidents take them across the Crucible, as they attempt to solve the case. But there's something more sinister lurking underneath: evidence of a secret society that aims to discover the power of the Architects, and forever change the nature of the Crucible itself.

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Couldn’t finish it

The story felt pointless. The further you get into the book the more it continues to slap you with hyper “woke” messaging that doesn’t allow the story to continue.

They are PIs who can’t question a group because they are effectively drunk and can’t consent to being asked questions?

And there are so many different non-gender pronouns it’s impassible to follow who’s being talked about.

I could force my way through all that if the story were compelling, but since so much word count was wasted on justifying the above choice, there wasn’t much of a story here at all. I just couldn’t keep going with it and stopped at 60%. Maybe the last 40% makes up for it, but I don’t care enough to find out.