Sorcerer to the Crown

Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho is a delightfully fun and compelling Regency romp filled with love, danger and a pinch of fairyland magic.

An enchanting cross between Georgette Heyer and Susanna Clarke – Naomi Novik, author of Uprooted

In Regency London, Zacharias Wythe is Englands first African Sorcerer Royal. He leads the eminent Royal Society of Unnatural Philosophers, but a malicious faction seeks to remove him by fair means or foul. Meanwhile, the Society is failing its vital duty – to keep stable the levels of magic within His Majestys lands. The Fairy Court is blocking its supply, straining Englands dangerously declining magical stores.

Ambitious orphan Prunella Gentleman is desperate to escape the school where shes drudged all her life, and a visit by the beleaguered Sorcerer Royal seems the perfect opportunity. For Prunella has just stumbled upon English magics greatest discovery in centuries - and she intends to make the most of it. Together, Zacharias and Prunella might just change the nature of sorcery, in Britain and beyond.

Inventive, dangerous, brilliant, unsettling – Courtney Milan, author of The Duchess War

Winner of the 2016 British Fantasy Society Award for Best Newcomer
Shortlisted for the 2016 British Fantasy Society Award for Best Novel
Shortlisted for the 2016 Locus First Novel Award