The Soul Master

The Soul Master is a novel by Graham Dunstan Martin published in 1984.

Plot summary
The Soul Master is a novel in which Kosmion builds an army of puppets under his control by absorbing his victims.

Reception
Dave Langford reviewed The Soul Master for White Dwarf #55, and stated that "I admired the ingenuity, but less so the writing: portentousness, reminders of the author's presence ('How shall I put it?' he wonders in print, breaking the narrative spell) and overuse of Significant Understatement."

Reviews

 * Review by Brian Stableford (1984) in Fantasy Review, August 1984
 * Review by L. J. Hurst (1986) in Paperback Inferno, #58