Craft Sequence Essays
Welcome to our archive of essays about the Craft Sequence. Scroll for all of our essays, or go wherever suits you:
Relatively spoiler free essays if you’re new to the series / partway through and don’t want to spoil yourself
Spoilerific essays if you’ve read the series and want to delve deeper
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Untangling Dead Hand Rule: what happens AFTER the skazzerai arrives
In the final part of ‘Untangling Dead Hand Rule’, we look at what happens AFTER the ancient space skazzerai arrives: why the herald HAD to be who it is, why Elayne is eternally a badass, and the importance of Saint Abelard.
Untangling Dead Hand Rule: within the Argent Library
In part 3 of ‘Untangling Dead Hand Rule’, let’s examine what exactly is going on within the Argent Library. We’ll look at the stories of Kai, Mal, Dawn, and Tara.
Untangling Dead Hand Rule: what happens to Caleb, Izza, Temoc, and the King in Red?
In part 2 of ‘Untangling Dead Hand Rule’, we recap the final battle and look in depth at what happens to Caleb Altemoc, Izza Jalai, Temoc Almotil, and the King in Red.
Untangling Dead Hand Rule: setting the scene for the endgame
Attacked by vampires. Drowning in a market terminal. Tortured by a psychic attack. Imprisoned in skazzerai iron chains. These are just a few of our characters’ fates at the climax of Dead Hand Rule. But what is actually going on? Is there somebody pulling the strings?
Belladonna Albrecht: an icon, a legend, the moment
Belladonna Albrecht is one of the most iconic characters to come out of the Craft Sequence, and that’s saying something. We’ve finally seen her on page, and she is everything I wanted and more. Read on to learn about the woman, the myth, the legend.
One month of DEAD HAND RULE
Dead Hand Rule has been out in the world for a whole month! So I had to celebrate. This isn’t quite a review, nor is it as in-depth an analysis of the book as I want to write. Instead, it’s a loving ramble about many of the things I love about Dead Hand Rule (with far more to come later).
Predictions for DEAD HAND RULE
DEAD HAND RULE is on the horizon - but what’s going to happen? I have predictions and speculation galore.
Everything we know about 'Dead Hand Rule'
The countdown is on for the next Craft Sequence novel - check out this article for every single detail we have about Dead Hand Rule.
How many Wicked Problems predictions did I get right?
Wicked Problems has been out for 9 glorious months. Before publication I made 23 predictions about what might happen - but how many did I get right?
Who - or WHAT - is Dawn?
Dawn is possibly the most important new character we meet in Dead Country - yet we learn perishingly little about her. Who exactly is Dawn? And is ‘who’ even the right question?
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