M_Clark: Since there are not that many novels set in the Reformation, I thought readers of "Q" might enjoy The Relic Master which is set at the same time. In contrast to "Q" it is written in a much more straight-forward style and is actually funny in spots.

Panairjdde: The plot is similar (a gnostic dwarf at the service of a Roman Catholic cardinal at the beginning of the XVIth century), but more lighthearthed and less historically researched

Panairjdde: I enjoyed the same atmosphere, even if the setting and the mechanism of the plot is different

bookmomo: Same sense of place, same detailed descriptions of nature and surviving in harsh nature. It takes place in roughly the same area, only earlier in time.

Panairjdde: Altai is the sequel, sort of, set several years later with another main character.