Nicholas Bowling creëert verhalen die zich verdiepen in de echo's van het verleden en onderzoeken hoe oude nalatenschappen het heden vormen. Zijn schrijven kenmerkt zich door rijk getekende personages en meeslepende verhalen die lezers meevoeren naar werelden vol mysterie en openbaring. Bowling verweeft meesterlijk historische draden met spannende plots, waardoor werken ontstaan die nog lang na de laatste pagina nazinderen.
When the Duchess arrives on the isle of Little Drum, she brings orders of silence, threatening the very soul of Oran's musical community. But then Oran hears of a mythical instrument with the power to manipulate hearts; she must find it and play it to change the Duchess's mind ...
Stranger Things meets Black Mirror and Ready Player One in this unsettling, near-future SF standalone.
The newest novel from the critically-acclaimed author of WITCHBORN ... Fourteen-year-old Cadmus has been scholar Tullus's slave since he was a baby - his master is the only family he knows. But when Tullus disappears and a taciturn slave called Tog - daughter of a British chieftain - arrives with a secret message, Cadmus's life is turned upside down. The pair follow a trail that leads to Emperor Nero himself, and his crazed determination to possess the Golden Fleece of Greek mythology. This quest will push Cadmus to the edge of the Roman Empire - and reveal unexpected truths about his past ...
It's 1577. When her mother is burned at the stake for witchcraft, Alyce flees to London. But it isn't just witchfinders she has to worry about. Powerful political forces are also on her trail, dragging her into the feud between Queen Elizabeth I and Mary, Queen of Scots. As Alyce struggles to understand her own powers, she is drawn into a web of secrets, lies and dark magic that will change the fate of England ...
Twin Peaks meets Welcome to Night Vale in this surreal, supernatural thriller by a Costa-shortlisted author When her twin brother goes missing in Northern California, Vivian Owens follows his trail to the town of Mount Hookey, home to the followers of Telos: a mountain-worshipping cult that offers spiritual fulfilment to those who seek it.While trying to navigate the town’s bizarre inhabitants and the seductive preaching of the initiates of Telos, Vivian will have to confront questions about herself, her family, and everything she thinks she knows about the world. She quickly realises that her search is about far more than her missing brother – it is a quest for the secret of happiness itself.To that end, there is only one question she needs to answer: what is really at the top of Mount Hookey?
Ned works as a gravekeeper with his grandfather. Ned's odd lifeis disrupted when graves are disturbed and an attractive youngwoman, Obedience Wellrest, starts visiting the cemetery. A mysteryof science and magic unravels - and no- one is quite as they seem...