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Lorehaven helps Christian fans explore fantastical stories for Christ’s glory: fantasy, science fiction, and beyond. Articles, the library, reviews, podcasts, gifts, and the Lorehaven Guild community help fans discern and enjoy the best Christian-made fantastical stories, applying their meanings to the real world Jesus Christ calls us to serve. Subscribe free to get any updates you choose and to access the Lorehaven Guild.
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Author:
Deborah J. Natelson
Ages:
adult young adult
Genres:
fantasy
BookTags:
adventure clockwork poetry
Publisher:
Thinklings Books
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“Deborah J. Natelson’s The Land of the Purple Ring is a delightful romp through wordplay and half-sketched puns.”
—Lorehaven review, 2021

The Land of the Purple Ring

A mechanical man with a diamond clockwork heart escapes slavery to Time, then undertakes an epic journey to save a friend and find his purpose.
Deborah J. Natelson · fantasy for adult, young adult readers · May 2020

The clockwork man is crafted, to begin with—commissioned by that terrible tyrant Time to serve as her slave for all eternity. His brain boasts balance wheels and torsion springs; he can wind himself up with a key in his side; and, most importantly, his gyroscopic tourbillon heart glimmers with pure diamond.

He is a living being and he is art, and he refuses to remain a slave forever. He therefore slips through Time’s fingers as the Sands of Time slip through the cracks of reality (at least, when the time cats aren’t using them as a litter box).

Among astounding adventures, despite harrowing hardships, and in between escaping interfering enchanters, the clockwork man seeks his imagination, his purpose, and his name.

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Review of The Land of the Purple Ring

Deborah J. Natelson’s The Land of the Purple Ring is a delightful romp through wordplay and half-sketched puns.
Lorehaven Review Team, 2021

Imagine Alice in Wonderland without Alice and just the crazy shenanigans of Wonderland. Deborah J. Natelson’s The Land of the Purple Ring is a delightful romp through wordplay and half-sketched puns, with all the helter-skelter imagery of Lewis Carrol’s classic. The tale follows the outlandish adventures of a clockwork soul, created by a Clockmaker as a payment to Time, but subverted by him into a living thing. This clockwork creature is grieved by the loss of the man he considered father and cowed by the formidable mistress Time, so he escapes to the land of Imaginarium. Natelson’s handling of her material is fresh and fun, but tends to lose itself in its own purple prose, shedding momentum as it goes. Like a capricious dream, this tale may leave the reader feeling as though there was more to be glimpsed just under the sparkling surface.

Best for: Older lovers of lighthearted whimsy.

Discern: Granular descriptions of various dark and unsavory magicks.

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