- Magicians, Magic, Fiction, Fiction, fantasy, general
In a world where an industrial revolution is powered by magic, Tyen, a student of archaeology, unearths a sentient book called Vella. Once a young sorcerer-bookbinder, Vella was transformed into a useful tool by one of the greatest sorcerers of history.
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Classical in form, earnest, grave and epic.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
- sparerichly built
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About the book
- Author
- Trudi Canavan
- First published
- 2014
- Pages
- 560
- Publisher
- Orbit, Little, Brown Book Group Limited
- Editions
- 5
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780748132379
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“The corpse's shrivelled, unbending fingers surrendered the bundle reluctantly.”
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