UK Publisher: Orbit Books
Publication Date: April 2009
Format: Paperback
R.R.P. £7.99
More Info: www.littlebrown.co.uk
US Publisher: Orbit Books
Publication Date: April 2009 / January 2010
Format: Hardcover / Paperback
R.R.P. $19.99 / $7.99
More Info: www.hachettebookgroup.com
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About the Book:
When a man is tired of London he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford – Samuel Johnson
In fact, Dr Johnson was only half right. There is in London much more than life – there is power. It ebbs and flows with the rhythms of the city, makes runes from the alignments of ancient streets and hums with the rattle of trains and buses; it waxes and wanes with the patterns of the business day. It is a new kind of magic: urban magic.
Enter a London where magicians ride the Last Train, implore favours of The Beggar King and interpret the insane wisdom of The Bag Lady. Enter a London where beings of power soar with the pigeons and scrabble with the rats, and seek insight in the half-whispered madness of the blue electric angels.
Enter the London of Matthew Swift, where rival sorcerers, hidden in plain sight, do battle for the very soul of the city …
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