Filled with magic-wielding sorcerers and incredible illusionists, Mathewson’s gorgeous, intricately plotted new fantasy series leads the reader into a fantastical London split between six rival magical factions.
Welcome to the Witherward, and to a London that is not quite like our own. Here, it's summertime in February, the Underground is a cavern of wonders and magic fills the streets. But this London is a city divided, split between six rival magical factions, each with their own extraordinary talents - and the alpha of the Changelings, Gedeon Ravenswood, has gone rogue, threatening the fragile accords that have held London together for decades.
Ilsa is a shapeshifting Changeling who has spent the first seventeen years of her life marooned in the wrong London. Alone, she scratched out a living first as a pickpocket and then as a stage magician's assistant, dazzling audiences by using her Changeling talents to perform impossible illusions. When she's dragged through a portal into the Witherward, Ilsa finally feels like she belongs. But her new home is on the brink of civil war, and Ilsa is pulled into the fray.
Beset by enemies on all sides, surrounded by supposed Changeling allies wearing faces that may not be their own, Ilsa must use all the tricks up her sleeve simply to stay alive.
Publisher: Titan Books Ltd
ISBN: 9781789094435
Number of pages: 400
Dimensions: 198 x 130 mm
Oh my word, but I loved this book. The writing is fluid and tells the story with an ease that I envy. The story is addictive and compelling, with more than a few gasp-out-loud and grab-the-tissues moments. It does... More
Think Gaiman's Neverwhere meets A Darker Shade of Magic mixed with a spark that is uniquely it's own, and you get Witherward, a compelling and unputdownable historical urban fantasy that had me hooked. If... More
Witherward is an amazing adventure, with high stakes and an interesting political climate.
In Witherward we meet Ilsa, a young magician’s assistant, who can do actual magic. As a Changeling she can change shape, into...
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