5/24/2023 0 Comments The witch king martha wells![]() ![]() Fans will not be disappointed by Wells’s return to fantasy. Laudably, however, Wells treats sexuality and gender (demons can move between male and female bodies) with a refreshing matter-of-factness and depicts the cultures of this world with an anthropologist’s care. The enormous cast is difficult to keep track of and the dry, workmanlike prose that works so well when Wells is writing robots can make it difficult to feel particularly close to any of these living characters. ![]() Her New York Times Bestselling series The Murderbot Diaries has won Nebula Awards, Hugo Awards, Locus Awards, and an American Library Association/YALSA Alex Award. Among those helping him are Ziede Daiyahah, a witch searching for her missing wife Sanja, a street urchin and Ramad, a vanguarder and historian. Martha Wells has been a science fiction and fantasy author since her first fantasy novel was published in 1993. The present begins with Kai abruptly waking to find his consciousness separated from his body-which is now a corpse entombed in a watery prison-and setting out to investigate his own murder. The past story line follows Kai’s first possession of a human body and his relationship with Prince Bashasa, who orchestrates a coup against the autocratic Hierarchs to avenge his sister’s death. ![]() Hugo, Nebula, and Locus award winner Wells takes a break from her sci-fi Murderbot series to delve into a complex secondary world fantasy exploring the past and present of Kaiisteron the Witch King, a demon in human form. From the breakout SFF superstar author of Murderbot comes a remarkable story of power and friendship, of trust and betrayal, and of the families we choose.Kai. ![]()
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