Mordew
core novel 2020 Cities of the Weft
Record
| First published | 2020 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.58 (4,782 ratings, collected 2026-08-19) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9781913111021 |
| Internal chronology | 1 |
Synopsis
Mordew, published by Alex Pheby in 2020, opens the Cities of the Weft trilogy in a world where reality itself is woven from a substance called weft, organized into an archipelago of cities each ruled by a single, all-powerful Master or Mistress. Nathan Treeves is a boy scraping by in the slums of the city of Mordew, sent by his desperate mother to work dangerous, degrading jobs to help support his ailing father, in the shadow of the Master's looming, mysterious rule over the city. When Nathan discovers he possesses extraordinary magical abilities that may rival those of the Master of Mordew himself, he is drawn out of the slums and into the Master's orbit, setting in motion events that place him at the center of Mordew's carefully maintained order.
Where it sits
- Universe: Cities of the Weft
- Series: Cities of the Weft core; position 1 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Alex Pheby
Notes
- From the series record (Cities of the Weft): A complete New Weird-inflected dark fantasy trilogy following the boy Nathan Treeves through the ruined city of Mordew and beyond. Mordew (2020) was named a Book of the Year by The Guardian, Tor.com, and Locus; the trilogy concluded with Waterblack in 2025.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series Cities of the Weft: position 1 of 3: next Malarkoi (2022)
Sources
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