This short has the time-jumping narrative style characteristic of the Children series for which it is a prequel. Some people might find it a bit annoying or hard to follow, but I think it adds to the tension of the story, and allows the reader to try to piece together what Berulan did in order to achieve his goal.
Berulan is a great character, and I'm glad that we get more of an insight into his motivations and personality in this work.
I think this short story works well for both fans of the Children series as well as an introduction to the series, since there's some small mentions about the dead gods and how they affect the world. As well as the aforementioned introduction to the narrative style, although this piece stays exclusively within Berulan's head, and in the main series we get a few other points of view.
The author sent me a copy of the short story to review.
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