Blood Over Bright Haven

core novel 2023 Blood Over Bright Haven

Record

First published	2023
Original language	EN
Work type	novel
Canon status	core
Reader rating	4.33 (139,532 ratings, collected 2026-10-25)
First-edition ISBN	9780593873359
Internal chronology	1

Synopsis

Magic has made the city of Tiran an industrial utopia, but magic has a cost, and the collectors have come calling. An orphan since the age of four, Sciona has devoted every waking moment for twenty years to the study of magic, and when she finally achieves her ambition to become the first woman admitted to the High Magistry at the University of Magics and Industry, she finds herself undermined at every turn: instead of a qualified lab assistant, she is given a janitor. What neither Sciona nor her peers realise is that Thomil was once more than a janitor; before he mopped floors for the mages, he was a nomadic hunter from beyond Tiran's magical barrier, who survived the perilous crossing that killed his family ten years ago. Mage and outsider have a fractious relationship, but together they uncover an ancient secret that could change the course of magic forever, if it does not get them killed first.

Where it sits

• Universe: Blood Over Bright Haven
• Series: Blood Over Bright Haven core; position 1 of 1 in the series' recorded order
• Author: M.L. Wang

Notes

• First self-published by the author in 2023; the ISBN recorded is the Del Rey first edition of 2024.
• From the series record (Blood Over Bright Haven): M. L. Wang's standalone dark-academia fantasy.

Sources

• Library catalogue (Del Rey first edition, self-published 2023 note)
• Publishers Weekly (review with edition details)
• Del Rey (publisher description, via WorldCat)
• Penguin (publisher's synopsis, via Blackwell's)
• Cornerstone (publisher description, via Mr B's Emporium)
• Del Rey (publisher description, via Apple Books)

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