In this episode, I discuss the nuances of including small details like licensing in world-building for contemporary, fantasy, and science fiction. I also give a book review for The Immortal Abyss by Katherine Briggs.

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The Immortal Abyss by Katherine Briggs

Dark Blade: Forged by Tyrean Martinson

Dark Blade Launch Team

Books mentioned: The Giver by Lois Lowry, Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, 1984 by George Orwell, Matched by Ally Condie, Dragon Slippers by Jessica Day George, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by JK Rowling,

.Book Review for The Immortal Abyss by Katherine Briggs:

In this stunning conclusion to The Threshold Duology, we journey with Tol into the heart of the fire-wielding empire, a place that is at odds with those that wield the light in Laijon. Tol’s integrity and courage buoy her through her struggles to accept her true purpose, control her power, and discover a way to bring life back to her home in a world filled with strange allies, unexpected enemies, and fire-breathing dragons. In this novel, I found echoes of the prophecies of Isaiah and the redemption of Christ subtly woven into a modern YA novel that stands with The Defiance Trilogy by C.J. Redwine, Rebel of the Sands by Alwyn Hamilton, and The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. I cried, I smiled, and I gripped this page-turner until I reached the beautiful resolution.

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