Name: Wheel of the Infinite
ISBN: 9780380788156

Martha Wells

In Duvalpore, where the Wheel of the Infinite must be remade every century or reality will suffer, the Wheel's guardians cannot cope with the damages that appear, and only the outcast Maskelle and Rian the swordsman can find the source of the problem. Reprint.

Wheel of the Infinite

Janice Hopper

Well, this was a nice surprise! Although I'm not sure WHY I was surprised. I know that Martha Wells writes well. But this book was intriguingly unusual to me. The setting was a bit exotic. I kept thinking of Angkor Wat in her descriptions of the city. The protagonist was a strong female character. She had a love interest, but she rescued him about as often as he rescued her.

The bit about the world basically being something that was recreated in a small scale but which affected the large scale was pretty interesting to me.

The ending did get tied up a little quickly, I thought, but it was fine, mostly.

Interesting characters, intriguing ideas, unusual setting, competent woman. Yup, that's what I like.

Great worldbuilding, satisfying ending, wish it were longer! If you like a different take on high fantasy, give this a try.

Becky Carpenter

Sunny

In Duvalpore, where the Wheel of the Infinite must be remade every century or reality will suffer, the Wheel's guardians cannot cope with the damages that appear, and only the outcast Maskelle and Rian the swordsman can find the source of the problem.