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The Rotherweird books are something I’ve been meaning to write about since the first proof arrived on my doormat a couple of years ago. Now, finally, with the third and final book being released, it’s time to share just how much I’ve enjoyed them. These books are large and absorbing. They’re a time-consuming, sometimes convoluted read, but the payoff is well worth the effort.
Here are five reasons why you should read them.
1. They’re like Neal Stephenson novels.
Many authors try to be like Neal Stephenson, but very few can manage it. Rotherweird comes pretty damn close. It’s a huge sprawling series that crosses time and into another dimension. The trilogy has a huge cast, with divided loyalties and secret agendas. The Rotherweird books are novels of ideas. There are ciphers and hidden messages, there is manipulation of time, and hints of magic. The books are deep and immersive.
2. The Setting.
Rotherweird, the place, is like a pocket universe, not dissimilar in some ways to that in Dave Hutchinson’s Europe novels. Nestled in rural England, yet somehow cut off from it, Rotherweird feels like a traditional parochial English town. The sort of town that only exists in fiction, or the fevered imaginations of British…
