‘Masking’ has been normal to me for as long as I can remember. For decades, I assumed everyone did it; perhaps they do to some extent. But the constant assessing, room-reading, and figuring out how to behave, who to be, is maybe not so common. It can be exhausting and unsettling. Raising questions like: if you are simply what is needed from you, then who are you when the masks fall away?
So, it's relatively unsurprising that Wraithbound is set in a fantasy world with a city so entrenched in...