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The kingdom of Farsala is broken and black clouds hang heavy over the arid lands. Former grand-mage of the high court, Cyril Laverre, has spent the last decade hiding himself away in a ramshackle hut by the sea, trying to catch any remaining fish for his cat familiar, Shoestring, and suppressing his guilt over the kingdomâs ruin. For he played his part â for as the king, Eufrates Margrave, descended further and further into paranoia, violence and madness, his grand-mage â and husband â Cyril didnât do a thing to stop him.
When Shoestring wanders away and dies one morning, Cyril knows his days are finally numbered. But are there enough left to have a last go at putting things right? With his remaining lifeblood, he casts a powerful spell that catapults him back in time to a happier period of Farsalan history â a time when it was Eufratesâs older sister Tig destined to ascend to the throne, before she died of a wasting disease, and a time when Cyril and Eufratesâs tentative romance had not yet bloomed. If he can just make sure Eufie never becomes king, then maybe he can prevent the kingdomâs tragic fate. But the magical oath he made to his husband at the altar, transcending both time and space, may prove to be his most enduring â and most dangerous â feat of magic to dateâŚ
Featuring a formidable great aunt, a friends-to-lovers-to-enemies-to-lovers romance, an awkward love quadrangle and a crow familiar called Ganache, this charming story is imminently easy to read and sure to satisfy fans of fanfiction who like their fantasy lite.
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- ISBN: 9781915998200
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- ISBN: 9781915998200
- File size: 2977 KB
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- English
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September 1, 2024
For nearly a decade, the kingdom of Farsala has been cursed by the rot, which causes the land to whither and the sun to vanish. After the death of his cat, Shoestring, a familiar sharing his soul, mage Cyril Laverre realizes that he will only have a future if he travels back in time. Cyril is transported back to his youth, when he was an apprentice to become Grand Mage for the royal Margrave family. In order to prevent the apocalyptic future that eventually kills off his very soul, Cyril must find a way to prevent the death of Crown Princess Tigris and prevent his husband, Eufrates Margrave, from becoming king and cursing the kingdom. But Cyril's quest is turned on its head when he discovers that his husband was never the real enemy, and he must fight to save both his kingdom and his marriage. Costa's debut is a romantic fantasy exploring love, loss, family, redemption, and the bonds that weave us together--a story highlighting how it is never too late to decide to fight for yourself. For fans of magical romance like Deborah Harkness' All Souls series.COPYRIGHT(2024) Booklist, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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August 12, 2024
The kingdom of Farsala has come to rot and ruin at the start of Costaâs fun debut romantasy novel. Depressed mage Cyril Laverre, having fled the ailing king Eufratesâs court and abandoned his responsibility to the dying kingdom, has been living in a cottage by the sea for years. He catches fish for himself and his cat familiar, Shoestring, and ekes out a meager existence. When Shoestring dies, Cyril knows his own time will soon be up, spurring him to one last desperate attempt to make good. Hoping to change the present by influencing the past, he casts a spell that sends him back in time to before Eufrates took the throneâwhen Euphratesâs sister, Tigris, reigned and Eufrates was still just Cyrilâs paramour. The men are at the very beginning of their courtship, but the magical rings that eventually will bind them in marriage have followed Cyril through time, connecting the lovers through magic. As Cyril navigates his life as it was and attempts to fix what went wrong, tragedy looms on the horizonâalong with an enemy he didnât expect. After a somewhat rocky start, Costa strikes a delicate balance of romance and fantasy. Fans of Travis Baldree or TJ Klune will find much to enjoy. Agent: Christabel McKinley, David Higham Assoc.
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