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The Resurrectionist of Caligo
With a murderer on the loose, it’s up to an enlightened bodysnatcher and a rebellious princess to save the city, in this wonderfully inventive Victorian-tinged fantasy noir.
“This is first and foremost a thoroughly entertaining novel… The convincing setting, engaging characters and an artfully devised plot all combine to give these particular fantasy themes a vivid freshness.”
– Juliet E. McKenna for Interzone Magazine
File Under: Fantasy [ Straybound | Royal Magic | A Good Hanging | Secret Sister ]
“Man of Science” Roger Weathersby scrapes out a risky living digging up corpses for medical schools. When he’s framed for the murder of one of his cadavers, he’s forced to trust in the superstitions he’s always rejected: his former friend, princess Sibylla, offers to commute Roger’s execution in a blood magic ritual which will bind him to her forever. With little choice, he finds himself indentured to Sibylla and propelled into an investigation. There’s a murderer loose in the city of Caligo, and the duo must navigate science and sorcery, palace intrigue and dank boneyards to catch the butcher before the killings tear their whole country apart.
Release Date | 2019-09-10 |
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Ebook | 10th September 2019 | 9780857668271 | epub & mobi | £6.99/$8.99/$10.99 |
US Print | 10th September 2019 | 9780857668264 | Trade Paperback | $12.99/$15.99 |
UK Print | 10th September 2019 | 9780857668264 | Paperback | £9.99 |
Goodreads URL | Read & Review |
– Juliet E. McKenna for Interzone Magazine
– Tor.com
– Patrice Sarath, author of The Sisters Mederos and Fog Season
– Genevieve Cogman, author of The Invisible Library
– Dan Stout, author of Titanshade
– B&N Sci Fi and Fantasy Blog
– Tyler Hayes, author of The Imaginary Corpse
“Wendy Trimboli and Alicia Zaloga build their world with meticulous care, and the plotting is rich and cunning…A story and characters to savour, in a world painted in vivid detail.”
– SFX Magazine
Wendy Trimboli grew up in England, Germany and the United States, and learned to speak two languages well enough that most people can understand her. Determined to ignore her preference for liberal arts, she attended the US Air Force Academy then worked as an intelligence officer, which was less exciting than it sounds. These days she has a creative writing MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts, and lives in Colorado with her family, border collie, and far too many books.
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Alicia Zaloga grew up in Virginia Beach not liking the beach, and now moves every few years, sometimes to places near beaches. She has a writing degree from Columbia College Chicago, and when she’s not dealing with life’s chores, she collects hobbies: plucking the E string on the bass, producing an alarming number of artistic doodles, and French beading floral bouquets.
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