Still, we’d sure like to know what happens with that pregnant princess!
it has not been a hit with the “reasonable list of reputable publishing houses” Douthat says he’s submitted it to. In an end-of-year what-the-hell mood, the author posted the prologue and first chapter to his otherwise dormant Substack.
It’s quite good, reminiscent of Neil Gaiman and Susanna Clarke, well-grounded in physical detail as a counterpoint to the moments of uncanniness: a hallway that is also a grove, a boatman only visible from the corner of the eye. This prologue may not be particularly original, but it’s better written than a lot of fantasy fiction reaching for the same effect.However, like Ylaena herself, Douthat’s book strays from the promising path laid out before it.
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