W. L. Goodwater (or “Walter” when his name isn’t on a book cover) is a writer, software engineer, and fencing coach. His debut novel is Breach, the first in the COLD WAR MAGIC series about a world full of spies, secrets, and magic. He lives on the coast of California with his wife and son.
Breach by W.L Goodwater
Breach (2018) is an interesting Cold War fantasy premise (think John le Carré with magic) that doesn’t quite fulfill its promise, though it’s a solid enough start to what is apparently going to be a series, COLD WAR MAGIC.
W.L Goodwater sets his novel in an alternate history where WWII was fought and won as in our own world (though with the Nazis apparently gaining more ground before eventually losing) with the exception that magic was wielded as a horrific weapon throughout, particularly by the Nazis, whose “research” into magic often involved Mengele-like methods. As in our world, Berlin was carved up into sectors and the Russians/East Germans built a wall, though this one is made out of magic rather than cement and brick.
Unfortunately, the wall is starting to fail (the titular “breach”), which on the surface sounds l... Read More
