A Marvellous Light
core novel 2021 The Last Binding
Record
| First published | 2021 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.92 (53,625 ratings, collected 2026-08-24) |
| Page count | 377 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9781250788870 |
Synopsis
Set in an Edwardian England where magic operates through contracts and hidden institutions, A Marvellous Light follows civil servant Robin Blyth, who is mistakenly appointed as liaison to a secretive magical society after a clerical mix-up leaves him thrust into a world he never knew existed. Paired against his will with Edwin Courcey, a cold and prickly bureaucrat from within that society, Robin must quickly learn the basics of a magical bureaucracy that expects him to already understand its rules, all while a dangerous curse left behind by his predecessor begins to threaten his safety. As Robin and Edwin are forced into uneasy cooperation to investigate the curse's origins, their initial friction gives way to a partnership neither entirely anticipated, set against a backdrop of magical conspiracy reaching into the society's own ranks.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Last Binding
- Series: The Last Binding core; position 1 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Freya Marske
Notes
- From the series record (The Last Binding): Complete queer gaslamp-fantasy trilogy set in an alternate Edwardian England with a cat's-cradle-based magic system.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings and are never conflated: a book's place in one says nothing about its place in the other.
- Publication order, within the series The Last Binding: position 1 of 3: next A Restless Truth (2022)
Sources
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