A review by git_r_read
The Executioness by Tobias S. Buckell, J.K. Drummond

5.0

I'm going to be looking for more from this author. I've not read him before, but he's been added to the WWBL.
A woman loses her children to a religious horde. She wants them back. She finds herself in a position not of her making, she just wants her family returned.
I like when something happens to someone in a book and they either rise above or wallow. She rises above.
This is in the same world as THE ALCHEMIST - Paolo Balcigalupi. Magic and deadly bramble. Bad and good. Excellent.
I can recommend this book and author.