To start the New Year off, I'm offering a discount on the Kindle edition of GOBLIN MOON, the entire month of January.
Jed and his uncle are river scavengers, trolling the Lunn for pieces of wreckage, and dead bodies — a profitable trade. One night on the river they snag an unexpected prize: the coffin and body of an ensorcelled magician, and his books of proscribed magic. They take the coffin to Jenk, a failed alchemist. Hungry for the forbidden knowledge, Jenk buys the coffin and its contents. The books yield fascinating secrets, and Jenk attempts the creation of a homunculus, a tiny living creature carved from a mandrake root.
In the meantime, Jenk’s granddaughter, stubborn, sensible Sera lives on sufferance with wealthy relations, where she keeps a protective eye on her cousin, Elsie. Elsie's mother, Clothilde, has been subjecting the girl to one fashionable “cure” after another, for an illness that exists solely in Clothilde's mind. Between the exertions of the phlebotomists and the physic of the doctors, it's a wonder Elsie survives at all. Sera intervenes where she can, but she can't discourage a dubious foreign nobleman who courts Elsie under the sponsorship of her “almost godmother,” the Duchess of Zar-Wildungen.
Elsewhere, genuine deviltry is afoot: A secret society murders young prostitutes in perverse rituals; slavers use spells to lure innocent girls and boys, in order to ship them to brothels half a world away. Witches plague the countryside; the dead are raised untimely from their graves. Against all this stands one man, pledged to pursue and bring to justice all those who would use magic for nefarious purposes. Like those he hunts, he is as ruthless as he is resourceful, and the different identities he adopts are more than just disguises: they are manifestations of a fragmented personality.
If you haven't yet read the book that many are comparing with Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, there will never be a better time to buy. To find it, follow the links.
Amazon.com
Amazon.co.uk
Note: for those who don't have a Kindle, there is a trade paperback edition (not discounted, I can't do anything about the retail markup) available at the Lulu store and through Amazon UK.
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Jed and his uncle are river scavengers, trolling the Lunn for pieces of wreckage, and dead bodies — a profitable trade. One night on the river they snag an unexpected prize: the coffin and body of an ensorcelled magician, and his books of proscribed magic. They take the coffin to Jenk, a failed alchemist. Hungry for the forbidden knowledge, Jenk buys the coffin and its contents. The books yield fascinating secrets, and Jenk attempts the creation of a homunculus, a tiny living creature carved from a mandrake root.
In the meantime, Jenk’s granddaughter, stubborn, sensible Sera lives on sufferance with wealthy relations, where she keeps a protective eye on her cousin, Elsie. Elsie's mother, Clothilde, has been subjecting the girl to one fashionable “cure” after another, for an illness that exists solely in Clothilde's mind. Between the exertions of the phlebotomists and the physic of the doctors, it's a wonder Elsie survives at all. Sera intervenes where she can, but she can't discourage a dubious foreign nobleman who courts Elsie under the sponsorship of her “almost godmother,” the Duchess of Zar-Wildungen.
Elsewhere, genuine deviltry is afoot: A secret society murders young prostitutes in perverse rituals; slavers use spells to lure innocent girls and boys, in order to ship them to brothels half a world away. Witches plague the countryside; the dead are raised untimely from their graves. Against all this stands one man, pledged to pursue and bring to justice all those who would use magic for nefarious purposes. Like those he hunts, he is as ruthless as he is resourceful, and the different identities he adopts are more than just disguises: they are manifestations of a fragmented personality.
If you haven't yet read the book that many are comparing with Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, there will never be a better time to buy. To find it, follow the links.
Amazon.com
Amazon.co.uk
Note: for those who don't have a Kindle, there is a trade paperback edition (not discounted, I can't do anything about the retail markup) available at the Lulu store and through Amazon UK.
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