![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Duvalpore, the Celestial Empire's city of temples, is the site where every year, the wizardly Voices of the Ancestors must gather to renew the wheel of the Infinite, an image built of sand, (empowered with magical chants, visualizations and incense). Its cities of Angkor Thom and Angkor Wat show whiffs of inspiration from Tibet and India as well. The Wheel of the Infinite distinguishes itself immediately with its setting, an invented parallel world strongly reminiscent of southeast Asia - even more specifically, the glorious civilization of Cambodia in the 12th and 13th centuries. Now, in her fourth novel of fantastic fiction, Wells succeeds yet again in producing a wholly original, brilliant conception sure to cement her reputation as one of the finest writers in the field, deserving to rank alongside such masters as Guy Gavriel Kay, Gene Wolfe, Jack Vance, Tim Powers and Tanith Lee. Martha Wells is that rarity amidst the glut of endlessly repetitive fantasy series and recycled cliches - she is a writer whose every book so far stands alone and features new and different settings, characters and ideas. Rambles.NET: Martha Wells, Wheel of the Infinite Martha Wells, ![]()
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