Notorious Sorcerer
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- 29,00 kr
Publisher Description
'Notorious Sorcerer is a firework of a fantasy novel: vibrant, explosive, deliciously dangerous and impossibly fun. A must-read debut' Tasha Suri, author of The Jasmine Throne
Welcome to Bezim, where tribes of sword-slinging bravi race through the night, and where rich and idle alchemists make magic out of mixing the four planes of reality.
Siyon Velo, Dockside brat turned petty alchemist, scrapes a living hopping between the planes to harvest ingredients for the city's alchemists. But when Siyon accidentally commits and act of impossible magic, he's catapulted into the limelight - which is a bad place to be when the planes start lurching out of alignment, threatening to send the city into the sea.
It will take a miracle to save Bezim. Good thing Siyon has pulled off the impossible before. Now he has to master it.
A dazzling fantasy debut bursting with wild magic, chaotic sword-fighting street gangs, brazen flirting, malevolent harpies and one defiant alchemist.
Praise for Notorious Sorcerer:
'From the razor-sharp social climbing to the glimmering alchemist's library to the hidden realms beneath it all, I loved getting lost in this dazzling debut' S. A. Chakraborty, author of The City of Brass
'Notorious Sorcerer's unique magic system adds to this delightful fantasy setting, leaving readers eagerly anticipating the next book in the Burnished City series' Booklist
'Notorious Sorcerer feels like a dream you don't want to wake from. . . I devoured it and want more!' Melissa Caruso, author of The Obsidian Tower
'A delightful and fast-paced ride full of flashy swordplay, high society, and thrilling magic. . . Sheer, glorious fun!' Freya Marske, author of A Marvellous Light
'Notorious Sorcerer is a real delight, with compelling characters and wonderful worldbuilding that sucks the reader in and keeps them engaged from beginning to end' Mike Brooks, author of The Black Coast
'A brilliant alchemical recipe! Notorious Sorcerer is a delicious melange of my favourite things, remixing historical magic with class consciousness. I couldn't put it down' Olivia Atwater, author of Half a Soul
'If you like a healthy dollop of rollicking fun with your epic fantasy, this is the book for you' Megan Bannen, author of The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
An aspiring alchemist faces multiplanar pandemonium in Evans's energetic epic fantasy debut, which stands out for never taking itself too seriously. "Interplanar errand boy" Siyon Velo spends his days delving into different planes of existence to retrieve alchemical ingredients for the city of Bezim's magical elite while maintaining an impossible dream of one day being a trained and certified alchemist himself. A chance to prove himself arrives when his new friend Zagiri Savani falls from a clock tower and he improvises an unpolished—and very public—magical rescue, resulting in a burst of inexplicable, unlicensed magic that lands him at the top of Bezim's most wanted list. Meanwhile, the planes have been thrown out of balance, and external powers claw for control over Bezim's plane, the Mundane. To restore the balance, one of the Mundane's alchemists must rise above the others to become the Power of the Mundane. But as many try and fail, it becomes clear that only Siyon has ever harnessed enough magic to earn the title—albeit entirely accidentally. Evans trusts readers to untangle the rules of her expansive world with minimal exposition, which may prove disorienting to some, but the witty prose, endearing characters, and sense of playful whimsy throughout keep the pages turning. This is a charmer.
