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Hell Bent by Devon Monk
A Broken Magic Novel
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Hell Bent by Devon Monk was published in 2013,
but is relevant today because the worldbuilding is all about the energy-structure underlying "reality" or the universe, while the story is all about the use and abuse of "power" (money, politics, energy, weaponry) and how a person "just like you" might navigate a life in such a world.
Today we are learning all sorts of things (some true, some not) about sub-atomic particles and the glue that keeps the universe together -- about galaxies and stars and black holes. There is a lot of "power" sizzling through our reality, some that might be bent to human will. The Broken Magic series explores what some people might do with command of that sort of power.
The Devon Monk by-line continues to be associated with good, tight, vivid writing and Magic based worldbuilding.
I've reviewed the Allie Beckstrom novels here, https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2015/03/reviews-13-psychic-technology-by.html
and have read some other Devon Monk series -- and of the lot, there's only one I didn't enjoy - the "Age of Steam" novels, Dead Iron and Stone Cold.
https://amazon.com/Hell-Bent-Broken-Magic-Novel-ebook/dp/B00BDQ3A2U/
If you see "Relationships" as the foundation of human character that allows for firm, careful, wielding of "power," you will very likely enjoy Devon Monk titles. Monk is particularly adept at portraying the seedy underside of reality, the ugly side of human nature, and what an ordinary person might do if submerged into such an environment.
Jacqueline Lichtenberg
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