A Conventicle of Magpies (Spotlight Post for R&R Tours)

Good morning! My first tour feature in a while! Today it’s a spotlight for A Conventicle of Magpies by LMR Clarke.

(Due to Covid shipping issues, my copy arrived only very recently, and therefore I haven’t had a chance to read all of it yet. So this will mostly be a spotlight post. But I do recommend it for anyone who likes the steampunk genre, and doesn’t shy away from the not-so-nice parts of history, including racism and slavery, prejudice against the non-hetero community, and dangerous biases about foreigners.)

A Conventicle of Magpies

Publication Date: January 6th, 2021

Genre: Gaslamp Fantasy/ Adventure/ Steampunk

Rook is a thief, and entirely unapologetic about it as she’s determined to do anything to ensure her mother and siblings survive the squalid and dangerous streets of Stamchester.

Rook slips in and out of the homes of the ruling elite of Stamchester, the Avanish, like a shadow taking what she needs without regret.

Why should she? Had the Avanish not stolen her own people, the Saouiasei, from their own homes years before and transported them across the ocean to Stamchester to work as virtual slaves?

And, now the Avanish had no more use for Rook and her people, were they not determined to dispose of them?

The Avanish had already laid waste to a swathe of Saouiasei homes, a region which had become known as ‘The Scar’, in an attempt to drive them out.

However, Rook was not the only person hiding in the shadows. A far more dangerous figure was haunting the filthy streets of Stamchester striking fear into Avanish and Saouiasei alike; Billy Drainer, a serial killer who not only murdered his victims but drained them of every ounce of their precious, life-giving blood.

For within blood was a highly sought-after commodity, the ability to enhance a person’s natural abilities through the art of Bloodskill. To be faster and stronger than a normal person was something those with money were willing to pay handsomely for.

‘A Conventicle of Magpies’ is a fast-paced gaslamp fantasy adventure set in a Victorian-inspired world. Perfect for fans of Charlie N. Holmberg’s Spellbreaker and Susanna Clarke’s Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell.

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Much thanks to the fantastic Shannon at R&R Tours for all her hard work on this and all the blog tours she arranges for authors!