I really want to mull over this story some more but I think I enjoyed it. The story within the story doesn’t particularly speak to me (video game stories - ugh!) but the prose and the character of Martyr was good enough to keep me going. I feel… frustrated. Like maybe I didn’t get all the satisfaction I needed. Maybe I need to sit with it more? I can see this benefiting from a reread - I know some threads are there that I just didn’t see until the end. 

I must say I really love the way this author writes. 

Also bonus points for the use of Tamsen as a name. I was stressed every time.