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The story sat in the near dystopian future of 2025. Themes include community, belief, love, and slavery. The story is told propulsively but the ending, no matter how affecting, can’t help but feel a little anti-climactic because this is just the first part of a story otherwise an excellent novel.

An outstanding novel. The plot (and language) measure out the cycles of violence, oppression and trauma caused by slavery. The story is told inventively with passages of stream of consciousness in the second half. The penultimate chapter is some of the most compelling propulsive writing I’ve ever experienced.

An extraordinary beautifully written story about Maria de France. Set in a 12th century Nunnery, the story covers most of her lifetime and explores female leadership friendship love and care. The stylish remarkable written from an external perspective but with the mindset of the 12th century there is no direct speech only reported speech which adds to the feeling of immersion.

A gentle, evocative story of a shanker who is led to his dreams by a fantasist. The inescapable reality of his day to day existence is unlocked by someone who lives in an alternate reality and who takes him to his own dreamscape via the foggy plains of his shoreline workplace. Beautifully written, if perhaps a little slight.