Weaver's Lament: Industrial Magic Book 2

by Emma Newman

Overview

Charlotte's magical adventures continue in Weaver's Lament, the sequel to Emma Newman's Brother's Ruin.

Charlotte is learning to control her emerging magical powers under the secret tutelage of Magus Hopkins.

Her first covert mission takes her to a textile mill where the disgruntled workers are apparently destroying expensive equipment.

And if she can’t identify the culprits before it’s too late, her brother will be exiled, and her family dishonoured…

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780765394118
Publisher:	Tor Publishing Group
Publication date:	10/17/2017
Series:	Industrial Magic , #2
Pages:	176
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 7.90(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

EMMA NEWMAN writes dark short stories and science fiction and urban fantasy novels. Between Two Thorns, the first book in Emma’s acclaimed Split Worlds urban fantasy series, was shortlisted for the British Fantasy Awards for Best Novel and Emma was nominated for Best Newcomer.

Emma is a professional audio book narrator and also co-writes and hosts the Hugo-nominated podcast "Tea and Jeopardy" which involves tea, cake, mild peril and singing chickens. Her hobbies include dressmaking and role playing games.

Editorial Reviews

09/25/2017
Newman returns to her Industrial Magic series (Brother’s Ruin), set in an alternate Earth’s industrial revolution–era Britain, with this entertaining novella. Charlotte is a young woman who simply wants to marry a solid man and keep herself and her secret magic out of the clutches of the Royal Society. Her life is upended when her brother, Ben, asks her for an unusual sort of help: he wants her to masquerade as a common worker to help locate saboteurs in the mill he helps operate. She turns herself to the exhausting and dangerous labor, but, instead of discovering sabotage, she finds that solving the problem may force her to expose her magical talent. Charlotte makes a convincing heroine, good-hearted and empathetic, willing to tolerate abuse to help her brother, yet at the same time stoutly standing up for the workers. The story hints at a wider world and plenty of backstory without losing the reader or stopping for long explanations, making it quick and pleasant to read. Agent: Jennifer Udden, Barry Goldblatt Literary. (Oct.)

Publishers Weekly

Praise for BROTHER'S RUIN

"A gripping story full of charm and adventure. Newman manages to keep her readers tense and delighted at the same time." — Gail Carriger, New York Times Bestselling author of the Parasol Protectorate series.

“Newman reworks the familiar idea of magical schools, breathing some new life into the premise by exploring the darker corners of London and their murky morality.” — Publishers Weekly

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