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Kobna Holdbrook-Smith
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Length
18 hours 29 minutes
Language
English
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“What a trip! This detailed, intricate story is set in a dark, gritty world with a strange and twisted magic system. It follows the story of a young boy coming into his own. TRUST THE PROCESS; the payoff is great! This book sets up an epic fantasy like no other. The writing is incredible, and the talking dog is the best character. With that ending, I patiently wait for book two.”
— Anna Rose • The Well-Read Moose
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“This absorbing dark fantasy, told in elegant and lush prose, describes a bleak underworld that is also surprisingly beautiful in its somber intensity. Humanly realistic characters, and breakneck plot with interesting and original magic system make it very hard to have to hit pause every time! And yet, somehow… it is also calming. The lively narration, that brings out the beauty of Pheby’s prose, helps with that, as it makes us completely and effortlessly disappear into the story. Highly recommended!”
— Ilya • Librairie Saga Bookstore
"Oppressively dark and deliciously Gothic" - The BiblioSanctum
Alex Pheby's Mordew launches an astonishingly inventive epic fantasy trilogy.
God is dead, his corpse hidden in the catacombs beneath Mordew.
In the slums of the sea-battered city, a young boy called Nathan Treeves lives with his parents, eking out a meagre existence by picking treasures from the Living Mud and the half-formed, short-lived creatures it spawns. Until one day his desperate mother sells him to the mysterious Master of Mordew.
The Master derives his magical power from feeding on the corpse of God. But Nathan, despite his fear and lowly station, has his own strength—and it is greater than the Master has ever known. Great enough to destroy everything the Master has built. If only Nathan can discover how to use it.
So it is that the Master begins to scheme against him—and Nathan has to fight his way through the betrayals, secrets, and vendettas of the city where God was murdered, and darkness reigns.
Propulsive, compulsively listenable, full of unforgettable characters and a talking dog who wants to be a
philosopher, Mordew is an epic fantasy strange, new, and terrifyingly alive.
A Macmillan Audio production from Tor Books
Alex Pheby’s second novel, Playthings, was shortlisted for the Wellcome Book Prize; his third, Lucia, about the tragic life of James Joyce’s daughter, was the joint winner of 2018’s Republic of Consciousness Prize. Mordew is his fourth novel. Born in Essex, he grew up in Worcester, and now teaches at the University of Greenwich in London.