Review of 'The Alchemist and the Executioness' on 'Storygraph'
5 stars
Recommended as something people should read. It's $2.99 on Kindle, and well worth it.
It's a novelette, but an excellent one. It's fantasy with explicit magic, but it's not sentimental or condescending, and there are no mystic prophecies or talking swords to get in the way. And it's strongly character and world driven, showing a man's love for his daughter and how individual needs can hurt collectively and how monsters can save society.