A Restless Truth
core novel 2022 The Last Binding
Record
| First published | 2022 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.84 (15,413 ratings, collected 2026-08-24) |
| Page count | 388 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9781250788917 |
Synopsis
A Restless Truth continues the trilogy begun in A Marvellous Light, shifting focus to Edwin Courcey's sharp-tongued friend Maud Blyth, Robin's sister, as she boards an ocean liner tasked with protecting an elderly woman who is carrying dangerous magical evidence tied to the conspiracy uncovered in the first book. When the woman dies suddenly during the voyage, Maud finds herself unexpectedly responsible for safeguarding the evidence herself, with suspects, secrets, and potential allies confined together aboard the same ship for the length of the crossing. Forced to identify who among her fellow passengers can be trusted, Maud must navigate a closed, uncertain environment where nearly everyone has a motive, all while trying to keep the larger magical conspiracy from claiming another victim before the ship reaches port.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Last Binding
- Series: The Last Binding core; position 2 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 2 of 3: previous A Marvellous Light (2021) · next A Power Unbound (2023)
Sources
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