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| Author | Alex Pheby |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Galley Beggar Press |
Mordew is a 2020 fantasy novel by British author Alex Pheby. [1] It is the first novel in the City of the Weft trilogy.
| First edition | |
| Author | Alex Pheby |
|---|---|
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Galley Beggar Press |
Mordew is a 2020 fantasy novel by British author Alex Pheby. [1] It is the first novel in the City of the Weft trilogy.
Nathan Treeves, a resident of the city of Mordew, finds he has special powers which rival those of the master of the city.
Mordew is the first novel of a planned trilogy. [2] The second instalment, Malarkoi, was published in September 2022, and was positively received. [3] [4] [5] The planned third instalment is named Waterblack. [2] Galley Beggar Press will publish the remainder of the trilogy.
The novel has received mostly positive reviews from critics. [6] [7] In a review for The Guardian , Adam Roberts referred to it as "[...] a darkly brilliant novel, extraordinary, absorbing and dream-haunting." [6]
The novel's style and content have garnered comparisons to the works of Charles Dickens, [7] [8] [9] [10] as well as the Gormenghast series by Mervyn Peake. [7] [8] [11] Reviewers have likened its the works of Ursula K. Le Guin, Terry Pratchett, and China Miéville. [12]
Writing for the Los Angeles Review of Books , Alexandra Marraccini praised the novel as a departure from other books of "[...] British import literary fantasy". [11]
The book was included on The Guardian's and Tor.com's lists of the best science fiction and fantasy books of 2020. [13] [14]
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