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The Hexologists
- The Hexologists, Book 1
- Narrated by: Sarah Slimani
- Length: 13 hrs and 11 mins
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Publisher's Summary
From the acclaimed author of Senlin Ascends comes the first book in a wildly inventive fantasy series where magical mysteries abound and only one team can solve them: The Hexologists.
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.
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 antiroyalist gang, avaricious ghouls, alchemists who draw their power from a hell-like dimension, and a bookish dragon who only occasionally eats people.
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 whatever springs from the alleys, graves, and shadows next.
Critic Reviews
'Bancroft is a wonder as ever! The Hexologists was a joyous delight on every page - buoyantly inventive, witty, poignant, gripping, and deeply satisfying' Madeline Miller, author of Circe
'Fantastic! The Hexologists fizzes eloquently with wit and elegance, but also has marvellous 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 The Invisible Library
'Josiah Bancroft's imagination will astound you. One of the most inventive fantasy authors out there' Fonda Lee, author of the Green Bone Saga
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- Danielle Oliver
- 22-12-2023
Amazing book
I really loved the characters and world building in the Hexologists, and hope we will get a sequel in the future (although this is a contained story).
There was one issue with my audiobook though, in that the chapters didn’t line up with those set in the audiobook
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- Peter Bondy
- 29-10-2023
Wonderful. Faultless.
A beautifully written, wonderfully rich and imaginative story brimming with diverse and interesting characters all brought to life with a perfectly nuanced narration by Sarah Slimani.
Bancroft has crafted a fascinating, unique and detailed world and there is no time wasted before diving into the well constructed mystery at the heart of the book.
It is such an enjoyable ride from beginning to end.
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