2021 romantic fantasy, side stories surrounding The Fossil Door.
This is bonus material that will make very little sense if you
haven't already read The Fossil Door. A Gentle Touch shows us
Rathna being interviewed by Avigail and selected for training as a
portal mage (and gives is a glimpse of the future). The Light of
Knowledge is from the viewpoint of Gabe's uncle Gil, who understands
him perhaps a bit better than his father does, from his injury
onwards. Finally, Three Times Told is set after the novel, with
discussions of Gabe's injury and the magical events that surrounded
it.
It's been a while since I read one of Lake's books, and I was glad to
revisit the world. There's even less peril than usual: not only do we
know from the novel (as well as the genre, to be fair) that things
will come out more or less all right, most of what happens here is
explanation and discussion rather than action, and any challenges are
purely internal.
This collection is freely available from
BookFunnel.
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