![]() ![]() Melisande and her colleagues-some friendly, some not-engage in extensive research, both practical and applied. who recruited her, eventually identify the end of magic as having occurred simultaneously with the snapping of a particular photograph, which recorded a solar eclipse on July 28 th, 1851. In fact, Melisande and Tristan Lyons, the agent of D.O.D.O. These documents-many of which make part of the text of the novel-all indicate that magic was once widely prevalent, but that it gradually disappeared with the rise of the Age of Enlightenment and, especially, the Industrial Revolution. ![]() Thus is the response to every question linguist Melisande Stokes raises after she’s hired by a self-described “shadowy government agency” to translate dozens of documents with provenances ranging from across the world and various eras. Note: There is a limit of one copy per edition/per household. ![]() (preorder-to be published in Summer 2023)ĭust jacket and interior illustrations by Patrick Arrasmith. ![]()
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