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A cloth mage, a journalist, and some bad guys walk into a bar (this does happen at one point)

Innate Magic by Shannon Fay

December 23, 2021 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

Innate Magic is an alternate history dark fantasy set in 20th century London. “The War” and associated arms races have happened and there’s the threat of some new major conflict on the horizon; this is mostly background though. Paul Gallagher and his best friend/found brother Thomas Dawes have just graduated magic college ready to pursue careers as Cloth Magicians; it seems like there’s basically 2 types of allowed magic: cloth and book. The ‘innate magic’ of the title is technically only allowed to one person, […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: adventure, alternate history, Innate Magic, LGBTQ, magic, Shannon Fay, The Marrowbone Spells

CoffeeShopReader's CBR13 Review No:105 · Genres: Fantasy, Speculative Fiction · Tags: adventure, alternate history, Innate Magic, LGBTQ, magic, Shannon Fay, The Marrowbone Spells ·
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