- English literature, Fiction, Mystery & Thriller, Romance
For a thousand years, Concordia has maintained peace between its provinces. To mark this incredible feat, the emperor’s ship embarks upon a twelve-day voyage to the sacred Goddess’s Mountain. Aboard are the twelve heirs of the provinces of Concordia, each graced with a unique and secret magical ability known as a Blessing. All except one: Ganymedes Piscero—class clown, slacker and all-around disappointment. When a beloved heir is murdered, everyone is a suspect. Stuck at sea and surrounded by powerful people and without a Blessing to protect him, Ganymedes’s odds of survival are slim. But as the bodies pile higher, Ganymedes must become the hero he was not born to be. Can he unmask the killer and their secret Blessing before this bloody crusade reaches the shores of Concordia? Or will the empire as he knows it fall?
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Classical in form, unpretentious, plot-driven and relentless.
- classical in formformally daring
- unpretentiousprestige
- character-ledplot-driven
- contemplativerelentless
- gravecomic
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- Author
- Frances White
- First published
- 2024
- Pages
- 464
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd, Mira, Harlequin Enterprises ULC
- Editions
- 7
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780369762092
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“My father always says you can’t run from your responsibilities, but he lacks imagination.”
> Frances White is the award winning and internationally bestselling author of Voyage of the Damned, a magical queer fantasy murder mystery at sea. Born in Leicester and now a Nottingham resident, Frances is a creative writing graduate from Royal Holloway University of London. She has a soft spot for writing unlikely, flawed, messy heroes and loves mixing humour and heartbreak. Frances is passionate about bringing more LGBTQIA+ representation and fat positivity into fantasy. When not writing, she can be found sewing costumes for conventions or researching obscure historical facts. She has two cats, Apollo and Hermes, who she dutifully serves. ( https://www.frances-writes.com/press-kit )
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