This book was received as an ARC from D.M. Wozniak in exchange for an honest review. Opinions and thoughts expressed in this review are completely my own.

What was once a quest o use magic for good, turns into a quest for survival and for the future. The Indivisible and the void tells the story of Democryos and his students at the citadel who later finds out that his wife left him for a mysterious stranger, he finds himself in a bind that for him is very tough to get out of. Risking it all, he goes on the quest to search for his wife and this stranger and what her disappearance was all about. He finds in his travels in the same land where he sends his students and finds that it doesn't only take magic to save this land. He later discovers what really is missing and what the true meaning of the magic of voidance and why he was meant to be there. I do have to say honestly at first, it took me a while to completely understand the plot and concept of this book. There were a lot of sections at first that did not make sense and had a little too much magical impact than realistic features. However, I did enjoy the characters and the concept of the forgotten lands which made me finish the book. However, I think our readers will have difficulty grasping on to the concept of this book compared to other books in this genre.

We will consider this book for our Sci Fi collection but there were parts that were confusing and tough to follow along. That is why we only give this book 3.5 stars.

"Like how a child in the womb must be to an expectant father -- priceless, yet unshaped. A paradox of the unknown and of certainty."

I was pleasantly surprised with Wozniak's The Indivisible and the Void. The tale opens with Master Voider Dem's discovery that his wife has left him for a mysterious gentlemen, and thus, Dem starts out on an epic quest to find her and figure out what the what happened. He picks up a cast of characters along the way, including an unnamed effulgent (aka The Religious Dude), Colu (aka The Tough Dude), and Chimeline (aka The Token Woman).

The plot, writing style, world building, and character development* are all very well done. The plot is action packed and sucks the reader in from the very beginning. It moved along at a steady clip, and it kept me guessing as to what would happen next. Wozniak did not throw in random fight scenes "just because" - every plot point served a purpose. Also, Wozniak's writing style serves the fantasy genre well. He doesn't use overly pretty nor flowery words, but I found myself highlighting well written passages more often than I expected. Although the plot and writing were well done, my favorite aspect of this book is the world building. Wozniak creates this society where you've got voiders - a subset of inhabitants who have magical powers that are granted to them via voidstones - and effulgents - a religious sect who "follow the way of the unwanting" and view possessing anything as bad news. Since the story is told from the viewpoint of the voider Dem, the reader (or at least I) initially found the effulgents to be irritating in a holier-than-thou kind of way. But as the story progresses and it's revealed why the effulgents are so adamant about sticking to their ideals... well, it turns the story on its head.

And did I say the character development was well done... with an asterisk? That's because the character development was only well done for the male characters. Not one but BOTH of the female main characters in this tale wound up being damsels in distress. It was quite the turnoff for an otherwise well written gem of a book. I mean, I know it takes place in some indeterminate year that may be in the distant past, but come on, it was published in 2019. Here's to hoping Wozniak can redeem himself on this front in the second installment.

This is a talented author. Much smarter people than I have reviewed this so I'll just say I enjoyed the crisp writing and interesting plot very much. Recommended! Looking forward to his future work.

I really appreciate the advanced copy for review!!

The indivisible and the void is a dark new fantasy about Master Voider Democryos (DEM) who is searching for his wife and works for King Andrej X, training individuals in using voidstones to manipulate matter in an indivisible realm. His student and wife leaves him for another mysterious voider and suffering from the loss he sets out to confront her.

Great descriptions, fantastic characters and enough plots and subplots to keep it all intriguing. There magic, adventure and a little bit of romance. If you like slightly different, well-written fantasy novels this is the one to pick up!

I just couldn't get into this book. I didn't care much about the characters, the world, or the magic. The start didn't really draw me in.

I still am giving the book three stars because I did skim to the end and there are some nice twists, etc., in the book. The author has a great imagination, it just didn't pull me in.

Thanks Netgalley for a free e-ARC.

Pleasantly surprised 😀 What an imagination!

The story follows MC Dem, he wakes up and discovers his wife has seemingly taken off with another man in the middle of the night.. but all is not as it seems.
He ends up going on a journey meeting a women in the kings Harem called Chimeline, a holy man and an ex solider called il-Colu who join him along the way to find out what happened.


The author takes commonly used fantasy tropes - group of outcast going on a quest, magical school.. and turns them on their head almost. It was so refreshing to get the point of view from one of the teachers of that school (the main character of course - dem) rather than what I’ve normally read before in this type of genre which is from the students POV & learning how to control magic, as a reader you still learn about the magic but from experiencenced teachers POV.

Dems struggle between faith & logic was really interesting to read about and I felt this was great character development during the story.

World building was done very subtly it unfurled around you without you even realising what was happening and I found that very clever.

But overall my favourite part of this book was the magic system - magical stones/necklaces were used to tap into something called the void, this can be dangerous and can cause the user to enter something called voideath.This is well explained, can easily picture how to use the power of the voidstones in your mind.

I would have loved to hear more from Climeline, with her past (don’t want to give any spoilers) I think as a character she could have been given so much more, she must have seen some sights in her time! Hopefully this will be explored more in the next book.

Did guess who the mysterious masked man was early into the plot it didnt make story any less enjoyable.

This was a 4 star read for me, I really enjoyed particularly the magic system and the authors overall writing style. It was dark, imaginative, mysterious and thought provoking.



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DM Wozniak establishes mood and atmosphere in a book that is sure to appeal to readers of the science fiction genre. Wozniak renders this world with skill.