Alchemised: (English Edition)
SenLinYu's dark fantasy debut announces itself with considerable confidence, dropping readers straight into a world of necromancy, alchemy, and the smouldering wreckage of a long, brutal war. It's a gripping opening gambit. This hardcover edition is a handsome object in its own right. It features gold foil on the front cover, a full-colour illustration on the reverse of the jacket, beautifully designed endpapers, a gold foil case stamp, and a black-and-white interior illustration by the acclaimed artist Avendell. 'What is it you think you're protecting in that brain of yours? The war is over. Holdfast is dead. The Eternal Flame extinguished. There's no one left for you to save.' Helena Marino was once a promising alchemist. Now she's a prisoner on two fronts: held captive by Paladia's new ruling class of corrupt guild families and necromancers, whose undead forces helped secure their victory, and trapped inside a mind full of holes. The months before her capture are simply gone. The Resistance records list her as a minor healer, barely worth the trouble. But those missing memories trouble her captors. What exactly did she know? What might she still be hiding, even from herself? To find out, Helena is dispatched to the High Reeve, one of the most feared necromancers in this fractured new order. Confined to his decaying estate, she fights to guard whatever remains of her past and her sense of self. The battle, it turns out, is only just beginning. Because her captor and his crumbling home are keeping secrets too, and Helena may be the only person desperate enough to uncover them.
- Author: SenLinYu
- Publisher: Michael Joseph
- Genre: Fantasy
- ISBN: 978-0241714348
- Pages: 976 pages