Of the various components of her world, two complete, shorter novels, The Kairos Mechanism and Bluecrowne have, until now, only been available in e-book format. Many an emotional or intellectual tingle arises from gleefully recognising elements as you move from one story to another, discovering ever more of what you know, and what you don't know, about this world and its people. Yet it is as a whole that this group of novels is at its most glorious, in building up its unspeakably rich and rewarding tapestry of hugely imaginative fiction. Each one is a completely enthralling read in its own right intriguing and exciting sometimes a little scary, but warm and life-enhancing too. They are not quite like anything other than themselves but they are very special and very wonderful. They contain elements of fantasy and rich folklore and are almost, but not quite, fantasies. They can be arranged on a map, which is almost, but not quite, a real map. They are set in places that are almost, but not quite, real places. They are not chronological in their writing order, but can be arranged into a chronology. The books cover slightly different periods from a span of history that is almost, but not quite, real history.
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