Mayhem and the Mortal
By (Author) Shanora Williams
Penguin Books Ltd
Red Tower Books
7th October 2025
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
Adventure / action fiction
Fairy and Folk tales / Fairy tale retellings
Paperback
400
Width 153mm, Height 234mm, Spine 40mm
700g
Dungeons & Dragons meets The Wizard of Oz in this darkly hilarious romantasy adventure in which a young woman who will do anything to rescue her sister from an evil sorcerer's curse hires a ruthless assassin. After a dark sorcerer curses her sister, Zaira must find a way to save her only living relative before they die. In order for that to happen, she has to enter a deadly temple no man has ever survived to reach the Prosperity Stone. As a mere mortal in Thelanor living amongst magic wielders and beasts who blend in with their society, it seems there's no way she can survive such a mission. That is until she stumbles across Thane Valkor, a mysterious, brooding man of few words. One look at Thane and not only does Zaira feel an irritatingly profound connection to him, but she comes to the realization that he is exactly the person she needs in order to save her sister's life.
Shanora Williams is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of over thirty romance and diverse suspense novels. She lives near Charlotte, North Carolina with her husband and three boys and is a sister to eleven. When she isn't writing, she's spending time with her family, binge reading, or running marathons on TV streaming services.