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Sheldon Costa

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Average rating: 3.83 · 112 ratings · 65 reviews · 1 distinct workSimilar authors
The Great Work

3.83 avg rating — 112 ratings — published 2025 — 5 editions
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The Great Work by Sheldon Costa
"** ARC Review **

A compelling and ambitious weird western about an embalmer and his nephew hunting a legendary giant salamander to resurrect a friend. The novel's greatest strength is the deeply human relationship between Gentle and Kitt, which ground" Read more of this review »
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"Thank you to Dreamscape Media and NetGalley for providing an ALC in exchange for an honest review!

I’ve known about this book for awhile now and even received a physical ARC copy as a Goodreads giveaway at some point but I never got around to reading " Read more of this review »
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"I recently decided to explore the fantasy genre and requested an ARC of The Great Work based on nothing more than the synopsis and the cover and I struck gold! This is a striking blend of genres that delivers a kaleidoscopic Western where alchemy and" Read more of this review »
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“Romantic love was a clear-cut institution, bolstered by orthodoxy and ritual. When a man lost his wife, it was expected that his world would unravel. But friendship… friendship was a wilderness with no guide. There were no courting rituals one might follow to pursue it, and little sympathy for the gut-wrenching horror of its loss.”
Sheldon Costa, The Great Work

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