by Martha Wells, Lisa Renee Pitts
Im Rahmen meiner Mission, weibliche High Fantasy – Autorinnen ausfindig zu machen, stieß ich auf den Einzelband „Wheel of the Infinite“ von Martha Wells. Die Texanerin wurde in den letzten 25 Jahren für einige prestigeträchtige Awards der spekulativen Fiktion nominiert und unter anderem mit dem Locu...
A woeful number of fantasy readers are unfamiliar with Martha Wells. My proof, you ask? The very fact that rights have reverted back to Wells and she has decided to re-release her books in e-book form. Wide-ranging in world-building and focus, she hasn’t been content to settle down in one fantasy un...
I will just be upfront here: I love this book. I love it SO MUCH. And why is that? Well, I could say, “Because it’s AWESOME,” but that would be a little redundant and, frankly, not very convincing. I could also point out that I have other people on my side, from Rachel Neumeier to The Book Smuggle...
I really wish I had the time to write this one up fully, but it’s awesome! The worldbuilding is incredible (oh, wait, I just said that…). It’s also a mystery with a great main character. In short, it’s one of those books that made me wish I could write this well. Bonus: beautiful cover. Dobble bonus...
There are a few things I really liked about this book; the female lead character was not young and hot but older and seasoned by life. The male lead was younger than her but smart enough to recognize a truly awesome woman to work with and pursue romantically. The good and bad characters were reali...
The setting for this book is reminiscent of a culture like Tibet, with monastic enclaves of religious and scholarly pursuits. Even the sand picture being created in preparation for a ceremony evokes Tibetan monks' sand mandalas. As in Wells' other books, the female characters are not excluded from...
An exiled nun (of a religion very like Buddhism) travels with her mysterious sword-wielding bodyguard to discover how and why the Wheel of the Infinite (a model of the world done in sand that recreates the world every year) is being destroyed. Along the way she must battle a demon-puppet, court intr...
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