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Coalesce, according to Webster, means ‘to grow or come together, fuse’. This definition describes Coalescent by Stephen Baxter on several levels. It is a science fiction novel, based on fourth century history (the decline and fall of the Roman empire in Britain). Baxter weaves a contemporary timeline with a fourth century one, which *coalesce* towards…

I have just finished reading Wolfskin, by Juliet Marillier. I had one serious problem with the book, which I otherwise enjoyed. The problem? The story doesn’t actually begin until page 130, and it was well past that, at around page 200 of a total of 516, before I got immersed in it. You might wonder…