Melanie Harding-Shaw
Author of City of Souls: Soul Court Ascension Book One
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The Fisher 1 copy
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Year's Best Aotearoa New Zealand Science Fiction and Fantasy: Volume I (2019) — Contributor — 17 copies
Year's Best Aotearoa New Zealand Science Fiction & Fantasy: Volume 2 (2020) — Contributor — 9 copies
Year's Best Aotearoa New Zealand Science Fiction and Fantasy: Volume 3 (2021) — Contributor — 4 copies
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- 20th century
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Now I will admit that I'm normally more than a bit disinterested in dystopian futuristic stories, they aren't my cup of tea at all, but WOULD SHE BE GONE worked for me. Partially it's because it's cleverly constructed, particularly given the shortness of the novella, to provide character development and personal background information, alongside a good plot that is part detective thriller, part dystopian horror, part sticking it to the authorities. There's touches of humour, sadness, romantic attraction and more than enough intrigue to keep you guessing.
The Censored City series consists this far of WOULD SHE BE GONE - Part 1, COMPACT OF FIRE - Part 2 and HELL IS EMPTY - Part 3. Parts 2 and 3 are now on the to be read list.
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