Are you watching Vince Gilligan's Pluribus on Apple? It's such a unique and original show about a woman who is one of the last survivors of a virus on earth that's created an alien hive mind with the rest of the planet.Yes, I know that sounds insane, but you just have to watch it to understand.Well, the lead character in the show, Carol Sturka, played by Rhea Seehorn, is a novelist. And before the hive mind incident, she was an extremely popular romantasy author.In fact, the show opens on her book tour for the fictional "fourth book" in the Winds of Wycaro saga, which she wrote called Bloodsong of Wycaro. And now, Apple Books has made that book actually available to readers in its store. Let's dive in. - YouTubewww.youtube.comA Romantasy PasticheLike I said at the top, in the world of Pluribus, Carol is a wildly successful author, but she secretly loathes her own work and her obsessive fanbase.Her novels follow the high-stakes romance between Captain Lucasia and the corsair Raban.And while the chapter released follows the tropes of Romantic Fantasy books, what I found most interesting was the letter from the author at the start of the book.Meta-Fictional ForeshadowingOkay, so, like any book, it has a brief letter from the author at the top, except this letter is from the character of Carol. In the letter, she addresses her fans—specifically the "Rabasia" shippers—with a mix of appeasement and thinly veiled frustration.She writes, "You know I am on record for...
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