A Marvellous Light
A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske, published by Tor Publishing Group on October 18, 2022, is a 400-page work that immerses readers in an Edwardian England filled with magic, contracts, and conspiracies. The story follows Robin Blyth, who finds himself unexpectedly appointed as the civil service liaison to a hidden magical society. As he navigates his new role, Robin grapples with personal responsibilities and the complexities of a world that challenges his understanding of reality.
In this edition, readers will encounter a blend of fantasy and historical elements, as Robin faces a deadly curse and alarming visions of the future. The narrative unfolds alongside Edwin Courcey, his counterpart in the magical bureaucracy, as they uncover a plot that endangers every magician in the British Isles. The book explores themes of magic and mystery, revealing unsettling truths about their world and the connections that bind it.
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Red, White & Royal Blue meets Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell in debut author Freya Marske’s A Marvellous Light, featuring an Edwardian England full of magic, contracts, and conspiracies.
Robin Blyth has more than enough bother in his life. He’s struggling to be a good older brother, a responsible employer, and the harried baronet of a seat gutted by his late parents’ excesses. When an administrative mistake sees him named the civil service liaison to a hidden magical society, he discovers what’s been operating beneath the unextraordinary reality he’s always known.
Now Robin must contend with the beauty and danger of magic, an excruciating deadly curse, and the alarming visions of the future that come with it—not to mention Edwin Courcey, his cold and prickly counterpart in the magical bureaucracy, who clearly wishes Robin were anyone and anywhere else.
Robin’s predecessor has disappeared, and the mystery of what happened to him reveals unsettling truths about the very oldest stories they’ve been told about the land they live on and what binds it. Thrown together and facing unexpected dangers, Robin and Edwin discover a plot that threatens every magician in the British Isles—and a secret that more than one person has already died to keep.
The Last Binding Trilogy:
A Marvellous Light
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