A review by mlafave
Mordew by Alex Pheby

As soon as I opened Mordew to both a map and an author’s note telling me to not check the glossary of terms at the end of the book, I knew this book was for me. This only continued when presented with an itemized list of what to expect ranging from “God’s dead body” to “various magical knives.” Alex Pheby tosses his reader directly into the (only slightly metaphorical) waves in Mordew with city politics, living mud, corpses, and magic. Especially considering the final appendix titled “Fragments Towards a Natural Philosophy of the Weft,” Mordew feels particularly historical and creepy in its world building and construction.