Mortedant's Peril
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Pan Macmillan
Publishing:1st Apr '27
£10.99
This title is due to be published on 1st April, and will be despatched as soon as possible.
*THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER*
‘An engrossing, ingenious story in a beautifully crafted world’ – Adrian Tchaikovsky
Irody can speak to the dead. But the living want him silenced.
Mortedants can speak to the dead – and Irody Hasp is the greatest of them. Not that anyone will admit it. And not that anyone actually likes the Mortedants, or Irody in particular. Nonetheless, Elbay is a city of tradition, and tradition calls for a Mortedant to attend a death.
But when Irody reads the corpse of a low-level record-keeper, he’s dragged into a conspiracy that will see someone close to him murdered and Irody framed for the crime. With only days to prove his innocence before he is executed, Irody is forced to work with unlikely and unwanted allies: a street urchin and a hulking, inhuman mercenary from the sea people’s city of Oknusoka.
With danger lurking around every corner, Irody is running out of time. He must save himself and his friends, as well as Elbay – the magnificent, terrifying, complicated city that he loves. Or darkness will fall on them all . . .
Mortedant's Peril is an epic historical fantasy full of murder, mystery and unlikely alliances from RJ Barker, award-winning author of The Bone Ships. Perfect for fans of Six of Crows and City of Last Chances.
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'A plot that gently sinks its claws into you and pulls you along from one chapter to the next. I loved it from the first page'
– John Gwynne, bestselling author of The Faithful and the Fallen series
'Mortedant’s Peril is a fabulous fantasy mystery set in a fresh, imaginative world'
- Sebastien de Castell, author of Traitor's Blade
'Fabulous, frantic and moving’
– Daily Mail
Mortedant’s Peril is a fabulous fantasy mystery filled set in a fresh, imaginative world and featuring a trio of underdog characters with nothing in common except an unfolding sense of justice that propels them into one engrossing caper after another. Long live Irody, Mirial and Whisper! -- Sebastien de Castell, author of Traitor's Blade
This is the murder-mystery conspiracy-thriller fantasy epic you've been looking for. Wonderful stuff! -- M. R. Carey, author of The Girl with all the Gifts
Mortedant’s Peril is Great, with a capital G. Believable, quirky characters, a well-built, layered world full of magical sects and political intrigue, and a plot that gently sinks its claws into you and pulls you along from one chapter to the next. I loved it from the first page and would recommend it highly. Another cracking read from RJ Barker -- John Gwynne, author of The Faithful and the Fallen
A great read which drags the reader in and doesn’t let go. Stayed up way too late to finish it -- Genevieve Cogman, author of The Invisible Library
Mortedant's Peril is like a fantastic dream I didn’t want to wake up from! Characters I adore follow a twisty mystery that winds through a weird and wonderful city, in a story full of action and humour and stakes that cut straight to your heart. More, please!!! -- Melissa Caruso, author of The Tethered Mage
RJ Barker does it again! Mortedant's Peril is the perfect blend of humour, darkness and puzzle-box mystery -- Sunyi Dean, author of The Girl with a Thousand Faces
An engrossing, ingenious story in a beautifully crafted world -- Adrian Tchaikovsky, author of Children of Time
With plots and mysteries, unexpected friends and foes alike, strap in for a baroque romp of squalor and grandeur, horror and humour. Fabulous, frantic and moving * Daily Mail *
A deeply wonderful fantasy that made me fall in love with the genre all over again * Grimdark Magazine *
I’d already considered Barker a brilliant, imaginative writer, but Mortedant’s Peril is a shining demonstration of an author going from strength to strength * The Fantasy Hive *
Mortedant’s Peril is a superior fantasy that drags you in, managing to use old tropes but then adding something new to the mix * SFFWorld *
Barker excels at making you care for unusual characters * SFX Magazine *
ISBN: 9781035064298
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: unknown
464 pages