Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Jill at Breaking The Spine and is where we can talk about books we are looking forward to being released.
Title: The Last Days of Magic
Author: Mark Tompkins
Series: None
Expected publication: March 1st 2016
Goodreads
Author: Mark Tompkins
Series: None
Expected publication: March 1st 2016
Goodreads
An epic novel of magic and mysticism, Celts and faeries, mad kings and druids, and the goddess struggling to reign over magic’s last outpost on the Earth
What became of magic in the world? Who needed to do away with it, and for what reasons? Drawing on myth, legend, fairy tales, and Biblical mysteries, The Last Days of Magic brilliantly imagines answers to these questions, sweeping us back to a world where humans and magical beings co-exist as they had for centuries.
Aisling, a goddess in human form, was born to rule both domains and—with her twin, Anya—unite the Celts with the powerful faeries of the Middle Kingdom. But within medieval Ireland interests are divided, and far from its shores greater forces are mustering. Both England and Rome have a stake in driving magic from the Emerald Isle. Jordan, the Vatican commander tasked with vanquishing the remnants of otherworldly creatures from a disenchanted Europe, has built a career on such plots. But increasingly he finds himself torn between duty and his desire to understand the magic that has been forbidden.
As kings prepare, exorcists gather, and divisions widen between the warring clans of Ireland, Aisling and Jordan must come to terms with powers given and withheld, while a world that can still foster magic hangs in the balance. Loyalties are tested, betrayals sown, and the coming war will have repercussions that ripple centuries later, in today’s world—and in particular for a young graduate student named Sara Hill.
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Sounds exciting. Nice pick!
ReplyDeleteHi Sofia,
ReplyDeleteThanks for mentioning The Last Days of Magic!
I hope you enjoy reading it.
Mark Tompkins
www.MarkTompkinsBooks.com
Gorgeous cover and blurb! I hope you enjoy it, and thanks for sharing. Here's mine: “THE PERFECT NEIGHBORS”
ReplyDeleteDid you say faeries?
ReplyDeleteI'm in!