(Cover Artist: Cynthia Sheppard ) Martha Wells's 2023 novel Witch King is a book which I wish I had a more positive opinion of, though not because this was a story which I lacked enthusiasm for. I enjoyed the characters, and the world which Wells has imagined for this novel is unique and well-realized. Moreover the book's core storyline, while slow to establish itself, has many elements of intrigue and nuance. Yet unfortunately in spite of these many points in the novel's favor, I'm not convinced that the narrative that Wells is attempting to tell with this story functions in the way that it should. Particularly given Wells's broader success in the science fiction genre (her wryly profound Murderbot Diaries series ), it was hard for me to not read Witch King , and begin seeing within this story every element of Wells's writing which normally functions so well, but which here never quite manages to bring itself to fruition.
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