Williams portrays her characters as flawed but humane, propels the plot with expert pace, and excels at eldritch world-building * Guardian * Publisher: Headline Publishing Group ISBN: 9781472235183 Number of pages: 544 Weight: 380 g Dimensions: 196 x 128 x 38 mm MEDIA REVIEWSĪbsolutely phenomenal fantasy - Adrian Tchaikovsky 'Williams excels at eldritch world-building' - Guardian Jen Williams, acclaimed author of The Copper Cat trilogy, featuring The Copper Promise, The Iron Ghost and The Silver Tide, returns with the first in a blistering new trilogy. When eccentric explorer, Lady Vincenza 'Vintage' de Grazon, offers him employment, he sees an easy way out.Įven when they are joined by a fugitive witch with a tendency to set things on fire, the prospect of facing down monsters and retrieving ancient artefacts is preferable to the abomination he left behind.īut not everyone is willing to let the Eboran empire collapse, and the adventurers are quickly drawn into a tangled conspiracy of magic and war.įor the Jure'lia are coming, and the Ninth Rain must fall. Better to be amongst the living, where there are taverns full of women and wine. Tormalin the Oathless has no taste for sitting around waiting to die while the realm of his storied ancestors falls to pieces - talk about a guilt trip. The great city of Ebora once glittered with gold.
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