{"product_id":"the-hexologists-josiah-bancroft-paperback","title":"The Hexologists -- Josiah Bancroft, Paperback","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eThe first book in a wildly inventive and mesmerizing new fantasy series from acclaimed author Josiah Bancroft where magical mysteries abound and only one team can solve them: The Hexologists. \"Bancroft is a magician.\" -- Madeline Miller, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eCirce\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Fantastic! \u003ci\u003eThe Hexologists\u003c\/i\u003e fizzes eloquently with wit and elegance, but also has marvelous worldbuilding and an excellent plot - and a central pair of characters who I quite simply love. A cocktail of a book made with the very best champagne.\" -- Genevieve Cogman, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Invisible Library\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The Hexologists, Iz and Warren Wilby, are quite accustomed to helping desperate clients with the bugbears of city life. Aided by hexes and a bag of charmed relics, the Wilbies have recovered children abducted by chimney-wraiths, removed infestations of barb-nosed incubi, and ventured into the Gray Plains of the Unmade to soothe a troubled ghost. Well-acquainted with the weird, they never shy away from a challenging case. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But when they are approached by the royal secretary and told the king pleads to be baked into a cake--going so far as to wedge himself inside a lit oven--the Wilbies soon find themselves embroiled in a mystery that could very well see the nation turned on its head. Their effort to expose a royal secret buried under forty years of lies brings them nose to nose with a violent anti-royalist gang, avaricious ghouls, alchemists who draw their power from a hell-like dimension, and a bookish dragon who only occasionally eats people. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Armed with a love toughened by adversity and a stick of chalk that can conjure light from the darkness, hope from the hopeless, Iz and Warren Wilby are ready for a case that will test every spell, skill, and odd magical artifact in their considerable bag of tricks. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Bancroft is a wonder as ever! \u003ci\u003eThe Hexologists\u003c\/i\u003e was a joyous delight on every page-- buoyantly inventive, witty, poignant, gripping, and deeply satisfying.\" -- Madeline Miller, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eCirce\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Josiah Bancroft's imagination will astound you. One of the most inventive fantasy authors out there.\" -- Fonda Lee, author of the Green Bone Saga \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Bancroft has returned to the page in force, deploying his crystal prose and razored wit around a tale that mixes whimsy and threat in equal measure. He's a gift to the genre\u003ci\u003e.\" \u003c\/i\u003e-- Mark Lawrence, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Book That Wouldn't Burn\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Josiah Bancroft\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Orbit\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9\/26\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.65 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 8.1\" H x 5.4\" L x 0.9\" W\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780316443302\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kotton Kandy Skies","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51738715095339,"sku":"9780316443302","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0962\/2978\/5899\/files\/9780316443302_1a86e89c-c938-4d69-ba91-941af6ec3fe3.jpg?v=1774775537","url":"https:\/\/2trc11-eq.myshopify.com\/products\/the-hexologists-josiah-bancroft-paperback","provider":"Kotton Kandy Skies","version":"1.0","type":"link"}