GABRIEL FARRELL - AUTHOR

Anyone who reads The Worth of Scars will very quickly notice that I wear my inspirations on my metaphorical sleeve, so to speak, with nods to my favourite novels and other media dotted throughout. From calling squads of magic users 'coteries' to the use of a certain writer's favourite archaic expression 'mayhaps', the novel is filled with so many references I've likely forgotten I used many of them (and some, no doubt, are even unconscious!). I know some readers dislike this,