The Soul Master Explained

The Soul Master is a novel by Graham Dunstan Martin published in 1984.

Plot summary

The Soul Master is a novel in which Kosmion builds an army of puppets under his control by absorbing his victims.

Reception

Dave Langford reviewed The Soul Master for White Dwarf #55, and stated that "I admired the ingenuity, but less so the writing: portentousness, reminders of the author's presence ('How shall I put it?' he wonders in print, breaking the narrative spell) and overuse of Significant Understatement."^[1]

Reviews

• Review by Brian Stableford (1984) in Fantasy Review, August 1984^[2]
• Review by L. J. Hurst (1986) in Paperback Inferno, #58

Notes and References

1. Langford . Dave . David Langford . Critical Mass . . 55 . 20 . . July 1984 .
2. https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?16549