Book Review — Storywalker by David Bridger

I am an absolute sucker for female protagonist urban fantasy surrounding books and libraries, and this is a good example of that sub-sub-sub-genre. Sitting in the Venn diagram intersection of library-based urban fantasy and disabled characters as protagonists, this is quite a rare book indeed. On the main character's disability: Bridger is, of course, writing from experience here. He explains in the cover notes that he contracted an M.E. virus in a military hospital and the book is seemingly dedicated to the person who provided his pain medication during his recovery, which is fucken adorable. The book weaves multiple tropes together from various fantasy genres into a cohesive whole. We've got the "dreamwalker" type narrative — people who can traverse between different planes of existence. We have druids, mermaids, dragons, Conan the Barbarian, Arthurian legend, and then a descent into hell itself — the third mystical world of fire ruled by demons, which, fair play to Bridger, he…