Wayward
By (Author) Hannah Mathewson
Titan Books Ltd
Titan Books Ltd
1st June 2022
25th May 2022
United Kingdom
Paperback
496
Width 130mm, Height 198mm
Age range 14+
Six opposing factions run the city, each with their own particular powers, peace is held only by fragile accords, and the magic-wielding sorcerers have problems in their own faction that threaten to tear them apart.
In a London not like our own, as granddaughter of the High Sorcerer, Cassia Sims should be a powerful magician, but shes never been able to make her magic work properly, and is therefore denied entry to The Society of Young Gifted Sorcerers.
Desperate to prove herself, shes drawn into a plot by her brother, Ollivan, to make himself head of the society, and on the way she finds a trap he set for his enemies: a cursed doll that absorbs any magic that is thrown at it.
The doll escapes, rampaging through the streets of London, and Cassia must learn to work with her magic and her brother to prevent the destruction of the city.
Debut author Hannah Mathewson has had short stories published by The Molotov Cocktail and The Fiction Desk, who presented her with the Writer's Award for her contribution to their anthology, Separations. She is based in Norwich. Witherward is her first novel. @HannahOClock.