Kaaron Warren is a fresh, amazingly talented voice out of Australia.
You must read her work.
Ellen Datlow

“Like walking from a dream into a mythical land both familiar and delightfully strange.
A tale of tolerance and survival, in a fascinating and beautifully realised world.”
Trudi Canavan, author of the Black Magician series, on Walking The Tree

Chosen for the Locus Magazine ‘Best Fantasy of 2011’ list

Mistification by Kaaron WarrenMarvo is a stage magician. His magic is real.

Marvo grows up without knowing his parents, without knowing his heritage, without knowing much about life.

The magicians have always been with us, since the beginning of civilisation. They fill our heads with the mist, keeping us from witnessing the stark reality of existence. But are things so bad that Marvo will bring it down on all of us, forever?

Marvo begins to understand those around him, and his place in the world; he discovers that his remarkable powers can be put to good, or to evil.

He only has to choose…

File Under: Fantasy [ True Magic | Find the Lady | All is Illusion | Bring the Mist ]

Cover Art: ARGH! Nottingham
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Book Info:
A stand-alone novel

UK Print
Date: June 2011
ISBN: 9780857661081
Format: Medium (B-Format) Paperback
R.R.P.: £7.99

North American Print
Date: July 2011
ISBN: 9780857661098
Format: Small (Mass-Market) Paperback
R.R.P.: US$7.99 / CAN$9.99

Ebook
Date: June 2011
ISBN: 9780857661104
Format: Epub & Mobi
R.R.P.: £5.49 / US$6.99

Other Angry Robot Books by Kaaron Warren:

Slights (July 2009)
Walking The Tree (February 2010)

Buying Info:

UK Print & Ebook
Amazon.co.uk | Book Depository | Waterstones | WHSmith

North American Print & Ebook
Amazon.com | Amazon.ca | BarnesandNoble.com | IndieBound.org

Global DRM-Free Epub Ebook
Robot Trading Company

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Author Info:

Kaaron Warren: kaaronwarren.wordpress.com | @KaaronWarren on Twitter | Facebook

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Praise and Reviews:

Mistification begins marvelously, austere and mysterious, and it ends on a truly grand conjuration laden with emotional resonance. Warren saves her best trick for the encore performance, and it sounds out a note of such tremendous follow-through, finally, that judged only on its first and last acts, Mistification could be among the year’s most powerful dark fantasies.”
Strange Horizons

Mistification is a book like no other. That sounds cliché, but in this case it’s absolutely true.”
A Fantastical Librarian

“The ending is startling and strange. The imagery and events put me in mind of a certain religious story, but this isn’t in your face and readers are left to draw their own conclusions about what this means. There’s certainly a lot to think about…”
– Ros Jackson, WarpcoreSF

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