This is an interesting new review of Worldshaper, from Hal C F Astell at The Nameless Zine. He raises questions about the novel’s world that I enjoyed reading because they are in fact the very questions I begin to address in Book 2, Master of the World (as he hopes I will) and Book 3, …
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New review of Worldshaper: “a ripping yarn”
- By Edward Willett in Blog, Books, Writing and Editing
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June 6, 2020
- 3 mins to read
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