Deze historische fantasy-serie neemt lezers mee naar een wereld van heksen en tovenaars, gesitueerd tegen de betoverende achtergrond van Edwardiaans Engeland. Het volgt personages die worstelen met verborgen identiteiten en geteisterde verledens, gedwongen hun ware aard onder ogen te zien wanneer omstandigheden dit eisen. Verwacht een boeiende mix van onmogelijke romances, spannende tovenaarsduels en magische gevechten met hoge inzetten. De serie biedt een meeslepende reis naar een rijk verbeelde wereld waar magie en maatschappelijke beperkingen clashen.
Magic marked Miles Singer for suffering the day he was born, doomed either to be enslaved to his family's interest or to be committed to a witches' asylum. He went to war to escape his destiny and came home a different man, but he couldn't leave his past behind
In Aeland drohen gewaltige Winterstürme, während Grace Hensley versucht, ihre Familie zu schützen und sich gegen die Königin und abtrünnige Magier zu behaupten. Gemeinsam mit ihrem Bruder Miles muss sie ein Mordkomplott vereiteln, während die Spannungen im Land und der Unmut der Bevölkerung zunehmen.
C. L. Polk continues the thrilling series that merges fantasy, intrigue, magic, mystery, and romance. The sequel to Witchmark!
With Soulstar, C. L. Polk concludes her riveting Kingston Cycle, a whirlwind of magic, politics, romance, and intrigue that began with the World Fantasy Award-winning Witchmark. Assassinations, deadly storms, and long-lost love haunt the pages of this thrilling final volume.For years, Robin Thorpe has kept her head down, staying among her people in the Riverside neighborhood and hiding the magic that would have her imprisoned by the state. But when Grace Hensley comes knocking on Clan Thorpe’s door, Robin’s days of hiding are at an end. As freed witches flood the streets of Kingston, scrambling to reintegrate with a kingdom that destroyed their lives, Robin begins to plot a course that will ensure a freer, juster Aeland. At the same time, she has to face her long-bottled feelings for the childhood love that vanished into an asylum twenty years ago.Can Robin find happiness among the rising tides of revolution? Can Kingston survive the blizzards that threaten, the desperate monarchy, and the birth throes of democracy? Find out as the Kingston Cycle comes to an end.