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Author · Storyteller
Simon Wells
@simonwells
Adventure writer drawn to flawed characters, unexpected consequences and the small details that make imagined worlds feel real.
Behind the stories
About the writer
Simon Wells writes across adventure and historical fiction, with a particular interest in character, atmosphere, revision and the details that turn a manuscript into a finished book.
A story does not need to explain everything to know what it means.
Books and story worlds
Stories by Simon Wells
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Later first draft
The Cartographer's Debt
In 1798, a disgraced Dublin surveyor is sent to the west coast to recover a missing set of military charts before they can be used to expose a planned landing. What starts as a tidy errand turns into a slow chase through rain, bad roads, and worse loyalties. The deeper he goes, the less certain he is whether the maps are meant to save lives or spend them.
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