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'''Witch King''' is a 2023 novel by [[Martha Wells]], in which the two protagonists are a demon (able to possess bodies) and a witch (able to converse with the elemental world). As the story opens, their enemies have kept them immobilized for several years, but inevitably, someone makes a mistake. The protagonists break out to find that a friend is imprisoned, and the friend's wife missing. They embark on a mission to free the friend, find his wife, and root out the conspiracy that had laid them all low. | '''Witch King''' is a 2023 novel by [[Martha Wells (author)|Martha Wells]], in which the two protagonists are a demon (able to possess bodies) and a witch (able to converse with the elemental world). As the story opens, their enemies have kept them immobilized for several years, but inevitably, someone makes a mistake. The protagonists break out to find that a friend is imprisoned, and the friend's wife missing. They embark on a mission to free the friend, find his wife, and root out the conspiracy that had laid them all low. | ||
Reviewer Alal El-Mohtar wrote, "Wells is working at the height of her powers here, and it’s relaxing to be carried along for a ride in the company of such a phenomenal storyteller."<ref name=NYTimesBR /> | |||
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[https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/04/books/review/best-science-fiction-fantasy-2023.html The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy] by Amal El-Mohtar in the New York Times Book Review, p. 21, 12-4-2023. | |||
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Latest revision as of 10:48, 22 December 2023
Witch King is a 2023 novel by Martha Wells, in which the two protagonists are a demon (able to possess bodies) and a witch (able to converse with the elemental world). As the story opens, their enemies have kept them immobilized for several years, but inevitably, someone makes a mistake. The protagonists break out to find that a friend is imprisoned, and the friend's wife missing. They embark on a mission to free the friend, find his wife, and root out the conspiracy that had laid them all low.
Reviewer Alal El-Mohtar wrote, "Wells is working at the height of her powers here, and it’s relaxing to be carried along for a ride in the company of such a phenomenal storyteller."[1]
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- ↑ The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy by Amal El-Mohtar in the New York Times Book Review, p. 21, 12-4-2023.