"Was Ashbless able to pull this off?"

Some advance reviews are in for In Bonds of the Earth !

First off, a gifftastic post from Samantha MacLeod:

"A globe-trotting masterpiece. Ashbless’s landscapes are so evocative they may as well be characters. History and geography are beautifully woven into this passionate, sexy, and occasionally disturbing story."

(I particularly like the "occasionally disturbing" quote