The Hexologists
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“Fantastic! The Hexologists fizzes eloquently with wit and elegance, but also has marvelous worldbuilding and an excellent plot – and a central pair of characters who I quite simply love. A cocktail of a book made with the very best champagne.” — Genevieve Cogman, author of The Invisible Library
The Hexologists, Iz and Warren Wilby, are quite accustomed to helping desperate clients with the bugbears of city life. Aided by hexes and a bag of charmed relics, the Wilbies have recovered children abducted by chimney-wraiths, removed infestations of barb-nosed incubi, and ventured into the Gray Plains of the Unmade to soothe a troubled ghost. Well-acquainted with the weird, they never shy away from a challenging case.
But when they are approached by the royal secretary and told the king pleads to be baked into a cake—going so far as to wedge himself inside a lit oven—the Wilbies soon find themselves embroiled in a mystery that could very well see the nation turned on its head. Their effort to expose a royal secret buried under forty years of lies brings them nose to nose with a violent anti-royalist gang, avaricious ghouls, alchemists who draw their power from a hell-like dimension, and a bookish dragon who only occasionally eats people.
Armed with a love toughened by adversity and a stick of chalk that can conjure light from the darkness, hope from the hopeless, Iz and Warren Wilby are ready for a case that will test every spell, skill, and odd magical artifact in their considerable bag of tricks.
"Bancroft is a wonder as ever! The Hexologists was a joyous delight on every page— buoyantly inventive, witty, poignant, gripping, and deeply satisfying." — Madeline Miller, New York Times bestselling author of Circe
“Josiah Bancroft’s imagination will astound you. One of the most inventive fantasy authors out there.” — Fonda Lee, author of the Green Bone Saga
“Bancroft has returned to the page in force, deploying his crystal prose and razored wit around a tale that mixes whimsy and threat in equal measure. He's a gift to the genre." — Mark Lawrence, author of The Book That Wouldn't Burn
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"Bancroft is a wonder as ever! The Hexologists was a joyous delight on every page--buoyantly inventive, witty, poignant, gripping, and deeply satisfying."Madeline Miller, New York Times Bestselling author of Circe
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“Bancroft has returned to the page in force, deploying his crystal prose and razored wit around a tale that mixes whimsy and threat in equal measure. He's a gift to the genre and we should support his work.”Mark Lawrence, author of The Book That Wouldn’t Burn
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"Characters and humor make this magic-meets-steampunk novel worth checking out."Kirkus
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"This madcap thriller is recommended for readers who can’t resist the rising wave of fantasy mystery series."Library Journal
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"An entertaining investigative romp."Booklist
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"It's rare to find a modern book that feels like a timeless classic. I'm wildly in love with this book."Pierce Brown, author of Red Rising on Senlin Ascends
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“Josiah Bancroft’s imagination will astound you. One of the most inventive fantasy authors out there.”Fonda Lee, author of the Green Bone Saga
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“Fantastic! The Hexologists fizzes eloquently with wit and elegance, but also has marvelous worldbuilding and an excellent plot - and a central pair of characters who I quite simply love. A cocktail of a book made with the very best champagne.”Genevieve Cogman, author of The Invisible Library
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"Bancroft brilliantly inaugurates a new fantasy series with this suspenseful and humorous introduction to “private investigators of the paranormal.” This light and charming tale encompasses a twisty mystery, detailed Victorian-esque worldbuilding, and nuanced protagonists who love each other dearly, all relayed in Bancroft’s superior prose. Readers will be eager to see how the series evolves."Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)
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"The Hod King is a compelling and original novel; the "Books of Babel" are something you hope to see perhaps once a decade - future classics, which may be remembered long after the series concludes."Los Angeles Times on The Hod King
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"Senlin Ascends is one of the best reads I've had in ages . . . I was dragged in and didn't escape until I'd finished two or three days later."Mark Lawrence, author of Prince of Thorns on Senlin Ascends
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"Deeply compelling . . . A classic in the making."B&N Sci-Fi & Fantasy Blog
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"Wonderfully unique and superbly well written. I loved every page."Nicholas Eames, author of Kings of the Wyld on Senlin Ascends
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"Senlin is a man worth rooting for, and his strengthening resolve and character is as marvelous and sprawling as the tower he climbs."The Washington Post on Senlin Ascends
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"What is remarkable about this novel, quite apart from its rich, allusive prose, is Bancroft's portrayal of Senlin, a good man in a desperate situation, and the way he changes in response to his experiences in his ascent."The Guardian on Senlin Ascends
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"Senlin Ascends crosses the everyday strangeness and lyrical prose of Borges and Gogol with all the action and adventure of high fantasy. I loved it, and grabbed the next one as soon as I turned the last page."Django Wexler, author of The Thousand Names on Senlin Ascends
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"Brilliant debut fantasy . . . This novel goes off like a firework and suggests even greater things in the author's future."Publishers Weekly, starred review on Senlin Ascends
- On Sale
- Sep 26, 2023
- Page Count
- 336 pages
- Publisher
- Orbit
- ISBN-13
- 9780316443302
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