The Madness of Pursuit by Carmelo Rafala is a sci-fi/fantasy novella centered around a notorious badass pirate woman named Dema Ägan.

Dema's story is told from multiple perspectives, and I like this because it shows her character and the characters surrounding her, as complex, three-dimensional beings. There's love and betrayal; there's death and deceit—all packed together in a short, well-paced novella.

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