The Unwanted Guest

English language

Published Sept. 12, 2024 by Tor.com.

3 stars (1 review)

Featuring Ianthe Tridentarius and Palamedes Sextus, this story was originally published in the trade paperback edition of Nona the Ninth.

2 editions

A story in a play about a battle over a soul

3 stars

Not having read her books before, I am not familiar with the characters of Palamedes Sextus and Ianthe Tridentarius in this story, nor with their background, which affected my understanding of the story.

Having said that, I find the form of the story, set as a play with several scenes and inter-scene conversations, interesting. The two characters are fighting over the soul of another person, which is supposed to be settled by the answering of questions. But by the end, the story has changed into a question of whether the soul is still there or not.