A Marvellous Light

''Mystery! Magic! Murder! Long looks full of yearning! This book is a confection, both marvellous and light'' - Alix E. Harrow Young baronet Robin Blyth thought he was taking up a minor governmental post. However, he''s actually been appointed parliamentary liaison to a secret magical society. If it weren''t for this administrative error, he''d never have discovered the incredible magic underlying his world. Cursed by mysterious attackers and plagued by visions, Robin becomes determined to drag answers from his missing predecessor - but he''ll need the help of Edwin Courcey, his hostile magical-society counterpart. Unwillingly thrown together, Robin and Edwin will discover a plot that threatens every magician in the British Isles. The Binding meets Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell in debut author Freya Marske''s A Marvellous Light , featuring an Edwardian England full of magic, contracts, and conspiracies.