Unbidan
Acme Inc.
            {
    "id": 368167,
    "slug": "unnatural-magic",
    "nstc": null,
    "title": "Unnatural magic",
    "subtitle": null,
    "collection_title": null,
    "collection_part_number": null,
    "annotation": null,
    "description": "A \"brilliant and terrifically fun\"* debut novel brings an enchanting new voice to fantasy.<br></br> <br></br>Onna can write the parameters of a spell faster than any of the young men in her village school. But despite her incredible abilities, she's denied a place at the nation's premier arcane academy. Undaunted, she sails to the bustling city-state of Hexos, hoping to find a place at a university where they don't think there's anything untoward about providing a woman with a magical education. But as soon as Onna arrives, she's drawn into the mysterious murder of four trolls.<br></br> <br></br>Tsira is a troll who never quite fit into her clan, despite being the leader's daughter. She decides to strike out on her own and look for work in a human city, but on her way she stumbles upon the body of a half-dead human soldier in the snow. As she slowly nurses him back to health, an unlikely bond forms between them, one that is tested when an unknown mage makes an attempt on Tsira's life. Soon, unbeknownst to each other, Onna and Tsira both begin devoting their considerable talents to finding out who is targeting trolls, before their homeland is torn apart\u2026<br></br><br></br><br></br><br></br> <br></br>*Kat Howard, Alex Award-winning author of An Unkindness of Magicians",
    "additional_content": null,
    "bestseller_60": null,
    "imprint": null,
    "language_code": "eng",
    "original_language_code": null,
    "page_count": 384,
    "duration_seconds": null,
    "publication_date_first": "2019-11-05",
    "publication_date_latest": "2019-11-05",
    "cover_url": null,
    "editions": [
        {
            "isbn": "9781984805843",
            "product_form": "BC"
        }
    ],
    "ratings_count": 0,
    "read_count": 0,
    "review_count": 0,
    "favorite_count": 0,
    "reading_status_read_count": 0,
    "reading_status_reading_count": 0,
    "reading_status_want_to_read_count": 0,
    "rating_average": null,
    "ratings_distribution": {
        "1": 0,
        "2": 0,
        "3": 0,
        "4": 0,
        "5": 0
    },
    "created_at": "2025-09-19T13:31:10+00:00",
    "updated_at": "2025-11-04T00:30:11+00:00",
    "publisher": {
        "id": 4179,
        "slug": "penguin-us",
        "name": "Penguin US",
        "created_at": "2025-09-19T13:08:37+00:00",
        "updated_at": "2025-09-19T15:10:59+00:00"
    },
    "contributors": [],
    "genres": [],
    "subjects": [
        {
            "scheme_identifier": "32",
            "scheme_version": null,
            "main_subject": false,
            "subject_code": "334",
            "created_at": "2025-09-19T13:31:10+00:00",
            "updated_at": "2025-09-19T13:31:10+00:00"
        }
    ],
    "campaigns": []
}
        

Unnatural magic

ID 368167
Slug unnatural-magic
Contributors
Annotation
Description A "brilliant and terrifically fun"* debut novel brings an enchanting new voice to fantasy.<br></br> <br></br>Onna can write the parameters of a spell faster than any of the young men in her village school. But despite her incredible abilities, she's denied a place at the nation's premier arcane academy. Undaunted, she sails to the bustling city-state of Hexos, hoping to find a place at a university where they don't think there's anything untoward about providing a woman with a magical education. But as soon as Onna arrives, she's drawn into the mysterious murder of four trolls.<br></br> <br></br>Tsira is a troll who never quite fit into her clan, despite being the leader's daughter. She decides to strike out on her own and look for work in a human city, but on her way she stumbles upon the body of a half-dead human soldier in the snow. As she slowly nurses him back to health, an unlikely bond forms between them, one that is tested when an unknown mage makes an attempt on Tsira's life. Soon, unbeknownst to each other, Onna and Tsira both begin devoting their considerable talents to finding out who is targeting trolls, before their homeland is torn apart…<br></br><br></br><br></br><br></br> <br></br>*Kat Howard, Alex Award-winning author of An Unkindness of Magicians
Genres
Subjects
334 Fantasy NUR
NSTC
Publisher Penguin US
Imprint
Language eng
Page count 384
Duration
Publication date first 2019-11-05
Publication date latest 2019-11-05
Cover URL
Editions
  • ISBN: 9781984805843 (BC)

Ratings & Reviews

0.0
0 ratings
Sign in to rate
You need to be logged in to submit a rating.

Recent Reviews

No reviews yet. Be the first to review this book!