{"id":3196,"date":"2020-06-15T00:19:49","date_gmt":"2020-06-14T14:19:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.markwebb.name\/?p=3196"},"modified":"2020-06-15T00:19:49","modified_gmt":"2020-06-14T14:19:49","slug":"shadowmancy-by-jason-franks-a-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markwebb.name\/?p=3196","title":{"rendered":"Shadowmancy by Jason Franks – a review"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I’ve long been a fan of Australian author Jason Franks. His previous books, Bloody Waters<\/em><\/a> and Faerie Apocalypse<\/a><\/em> were both weird, but in the best possible way.<\/p>\n

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Shadowmancy by Jason Franks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

Shadowmancy<\/a> continues the weirdness. It is a dark, dark tale about a boy who goes to wizard school – but this ain’t the wizard school your mama told you about! Learning happens without teaching. Dangerous deals are done. And power is bought in the most cutthroat of marketplaces.<\/p>\n

Franks grounds his writing with a sense of place, a visual sensibility enhanced by the illustrations. The pacing is great, the characters vivid, the choices bold.<\/p>\n

I’d love to describe the book more, but in some ways to describe it is to ruin the experience of engaging in it. The book does not represent a long read, and I highly recommend going into it as cold as you can, without preconceived notions of what a book about magic schools should be. <\/p>\n

As always, Franks delivers! At this point, I’ll pretty much read whatever he produces on spec – no matter what the subject matter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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