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The key to unlocking the heart of sorcery rests in the hand of a dead man.Â
August Swaine’s illicit pursuit of sorcery has cost him dearlyâ€"he’s down to his last few pennies, with little hope to bring in more since he’s come under the scrutiny of agents of His Majesty who’d be happy to see him tossed in prison for practicing magic.
Worse, his reputation is publicly battered after his attempts to gain access to the Crown’s secret library of confiscated books on the unseen arts are rebuffed, leading him to commit an ill-advised display of sorcery. A cursed book, a beautiful actress, the wanton heir to a brilliant magician’s fortune, and a demon more powerful than any he’s ever reckoned with stalk him through the shadowy streets of London as he tries to salvage his good name.
When he’s coerced into a public debate with his nemesis, Swaine realizes the key to all his research is now tantalizingly within reachâ€"if only he can outwit those, both human and inhuman, intent on driving him into oblivion.
Sorcery of the Stony Heart is the intriguing prequel to Kevan Dale’s YA fantasy trilogy, The Books of Conjury. The novella takes a Dickensian jaunt through the social strata of an 18th century London determined to keep the unseen arts locked away for good. Filled with memorable characters, lavishly rendered locales, and uncanny flashes of the supernatural, Sorcery of the Stony Heart follows August Swaine’s final weeks in London before he’s forced to flee for the dark promise of Salem in the American colonies.
Discover the key to the heart of sorceryâ€"pick up Sorcery of the Stony Heart today!Â
August Swaine’s illicit pursuit of sorcery has cost him dearlyâ€"he’s down to his last few pennies, with little hope to bring in more since he’s come under the scrutiny of agents of His Majesty who’d be happy to see him tossed in prison for practicing magic.
Worse, his reputation is publicly battered after his attempts to gain access to the Crown’s secret library of confiscated books on the unseen arts are rebuffed, leading him to commit an ill-advised display of sorcery. A cursed book, a beautiful actress, the wanton heir to a brilliant magician’s fortune, and a demon more powerful than any he’s ever reckoned with stalk him through the shadowy streets of London as he tries to salvage his good name.
When he’s coerced into a public debate with his nemesis, Swaine realizes the key to all his research is now tantalizingly within reachâ€"if only he can outwit those, both human and inhuman, intent on driving him into oblivion.
Sorcery of the Stony Heart is the intriguing prequel to Kevan Dale’s YA fantasy trilogy, The Books of Conjury. The novella takes a Dickensian jaunt through the social strata of an 18th century London determined to keep the unseen arts locked away for good. Filled with memorable characters, lavishly rendered locales, and uncanny flashes of the supernatural, Sorcery of the Stony Heart follows August Swaine’s final weeks in London before he’s forced to flee for the dark promise of Salem in the American colonies.
Discover the key to the heart of sorceryâ€"pick up Sorcery of the Stony Heart today!Â
