Dear Reader
I recently read one of those rarest of beasts- a standalone fantasy book that was both excellent and whole and complete in and of itself. The Raven Tower by Ann Leckie* in which gods are numerous, gregarious and always on speed dial. The humans in this world have direct access to their deities, making offerings of anything from water to a human sacrifice in exchange for favours. It was brilliant fun. The story was told in both first person and second person ‘you’ from the point of...