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Martha Wells is the author of fourteen SF/F novels, including Wheel of the Infinite, City of Bones, The Element of Fire, and the Nebula-nominated The Death of the Necromancer. She has a fantasy trilogy: The Wizard Hunters, The Ships of Air, and The Gate of Gods, currently out in paperback. Her most recent fantasy novels are The Cloud Roads (March 2011), The Serpent Sea (January 2012), and The Siren Depths, forthcoming in December 2012. A YA fantasy, Emilie and the Hollow World, will be out in May 2013 from Strange Chemistry Books.

She has had short stories in the magazines Black Gate, Realms of Fantasy, Lone Star Stories, and Stargate Magazine, and in the Tsunami Relief anthology Elemental and The Year's Best Fantasy #7. She has essays in th...more


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Average rating: 4.03 · 7,517 ratings · 920 reviews · 26 distinct works · Similar authors
The Cloud Roads (Books of t...
3.96 of 5 stars 3.96 avg rating — 1,367 ratings — published 2011 — 5 editions
The Death of the Necromancer
4.1 of 5 stars 4.10 avg rating — 826 ratings — published 1998 — 10 editions
The Serpent Sea (Books of t...
4.14 of 5 stars 4.14 avg rating — 663 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions
The Wizard Hunters (The Fal...
3.9 of 5 stars 3.90 avg rating — 632 ratings — published 2003 — 9 editions
City of Bones
3.97 of 5 stars 3.97 avg rating — 590 ratings — published 1995 — 5 editions
The Ships of Air (The Fall ...
4.07 of 5 stars 4.07 avg rating — 468 ratings — published 2004 — 9 editions
The Gate of Gods (Fall of I...
4.13 of 5 stars 4.13 avg rating — 420 ratings — published 2005 — 8 editions
The Element of Fire
4.1 of 5 stars 4.10 avg rating — 453 ratings — published 1993 — 8 editions
The Siren Depths (Books of ...
4.35 of 5 stars 4.35 avg rating — 382 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions
Wheel of the Infinite
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3.99 of 5 stars 3.99 avg rating — 406 ratings — published 2000 — 5 editions
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3.7083333333333335 of 5 stars 3.71 avg rating — 144 ratings

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“Sarcasm is the last refuge of the imaginatively bankrupt.”
Martha Wells, City of Bones

“Octave staggered to his feet, his stick swinging back to point toward Nicholas. He felt a wave of heat and saw spellfire crackle along the length of polished wood, preparing itself for another explosive burst. Crack was moving toward Octave, but Madeline shouted, "Get back!"

Nicholas ducked, as a shot exploded behind him. Octave fell backward on the carpet and the blue lightning flared once and vanished with a sharp crackle.

Nicholas looked at Madeline. She stepped forward, holding a small double-action revolver carefully and frowning down at the corpse. He said, "I wondered what you were waiting for."

"You were in my line of fire, dear," she said, preoccupied. "But look.”
Martha Wells, The Death of the Necromancer

“Flower lifted a brow, dubious. 'You have to pay for a place to be dead in?'
Moon shrugged. 'Sometimes, in cities. It’s a groundling thing.”
Martha Wells, The Serpent Sea

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