by Martha Wells
Warning: slight spoilers below. But stuff I’d have wanted to know. An obscure epic fantasy that came highly recommended (by Kate Elliott, for instance. I like her books and the way she talks about books, particularly the social consciousness with which she reads, but I have to stop taking her fant...
Once again, Martha Wells shows that she knows how to start a book. Here’s the opening of The Wizard Hunters: “It was nine o’clock at night and Tremaine was trying to find a way to kill herself that would bring in a verdict of natural causes in court, when someone banged on the door.” Can you read th...
I'm a huge fan of everything Martha Wells has written, in large part because her female characters are always so well-developed and presented as strong individuals, not just an afterthought to a male-driven plot. The Wizard Hunters is the first volume of a trilogy - the first time Wells has present...
Dammit, Wells! Her first book was excellent, her second was good, her third was terrible and this, her fourth, is only passably good. The story starts with the main character trying to kill herself. She’s sarcastic about the reasoning behind her suicide, which really endeared her to me; unfortunatel...
Those who read The Death of the Necromancer (related to but not requisite for understanding this one) will remember Vien as an urbane, prosperous city at the height of its power. From a cultural capital and political powerhouse, it has transformed in the space of only a few years as a mysterious and...
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