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The Franchise by Thomas Elrod: Review by Ian Mond - Locus
The Franchise, Thomas Elrod (Tor 978-1-25040-658-3, $28.99, 368pp, hc) May 2026. Thomas Elrod's The Franchise begins in October 1962, at the height of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Wendell Highsman, editor of World Science Fiction and Fantasy, is kvetching about the end of the world when Jean-Danton Souard walks into his office. He is carrying a box holding a 2,163-page manuscript about a kingdom called The Malicarn , where magic has …Read More