'If, like me, you're interested in what comes after the war, what sins and saints it begets, this is the book you want this year' C. L. CLARK<\/b><\/p>\n
'A dark fairytale of epic proportions' J.T. GREATHOUSE<\/b><\/p>\n
'A gothic love letter to high seas, deep love, and the epic stakes of a world at risk. The spirit of Poe infused with Samantha Shannon, and perfect for fans of both' R.R. VIRDI<\/b><\/p>\n
'The most beautiful book I have read in a very long time. Dark, gothic, visceral and incredibly hard-hitting' ROGBA PAYNE<\/b><\/p>\n
'Bold, brassy, clever work. It made me feel like my childhood self again' THE SCOTSMAN<\/b><\/p>\n
'Rafael Torrubia is a generational talent' HARDY'S BOOKS<\/b><\/p>\n
MEET YOUR NEXT EPIC FANTASY OBSESSION . . .<\/b><\/p>\n
No one remembers the calamity that killed the gods and stole the names of their people. Now Shipwright and Shroudweaver are known only by their professions.<\/p>\n
She's a master of magical shipbuilding. He's a maker of the gilded gods that fuel their sails, stitched from the souls of dead sailors.<\/p>\n
When a chance to save their world calls the veterans back to shore, they decide they'll stop at nothing to vanquish the ultimate evil, embarking on a deadly race against time to beat the grief-wracked sorceress known as Crowkisser to the notorious mountain kingdom in the legend-infested north before she unleashes the ancient power entombed at its heart – the one waiting to finish what it started.<\/p>\n
The first book in a brand-new debut duology, The Shipwright and the Shroudweaver<\/i> introduces a trail-blazing voice in Scottish fantasy, fusing the Celtic folklore of J.R.R. Tolkien with the climate geopolitics of N.K. Jemisin in <\/b>an epic adventure of ancient gods, apocalyptic magic, and love that can survive the end of the world – unmissable for fans of The Will of the Many <\/i>by James Islington, The Priory of the Orange Tree<\/i> by Samantha Shannon, and Mistborn <\/i>by Brandon Sanderson.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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