I recently got an email about reviewing Fathomless by Anne M. Pillsworth. This book looks so great and I’m super interested in it but a. It sounds kind of creepy and b. I just didn’t have time to accept another book for review this month! However, I still wanted to feature the book because it just sounds so cool! Tor Teen is awesome and has provided a copy for giveaway. Read on to find out more about the book and enter to win it!
About Fathomless:
Sean dips even further into his magical destiny, but will blood prove thicker than the mysteries of Innsmouth’s briny depths?
Sean Wyndham has tried to stay away from the lure of magic—the last time he tried to dabble in the dark studies, he inadvertently summoned a blood familiar, wreaking havoc on his town, and calling the attention of the Elder Gods. But now Sean has been offered the chance to study magic with a proper teacher, overseen by Helen Arkwright, a friend of Sean’s father and heir to ancient order of much power, who protects New England from that which lurks in the coastline’s unseen depths. But will learning theory be enough, when there is a much greater magical secret hidden in Helen’s vaulted library?Accompanied by his best friend, Eddy, and their enigmatic new friend Daniel, Sean wades out deeper into mystical legend and shadow. With hints and secrets buried long in family lore, they turn to the suspicious Reverend Orne once more for assistance. But as Sean deepens his understanding of his power, a darkness is waking…
Praise:
“A well-executed sequel that expandsthe mythos, solidifies the characters, and raises the stakes for the next outing.”
—Kirkus Reviews
“Readers who enjoy series like Cassandra Clare and Holly Black’s “Magisterium” (Scholastic) or John Flanagan’s “The Ranger’s Apprentice” (Penguin) will find plenty to delight in here.”
—School Library Journal
Fathomless is actually the sequel to Summoned (but I’m told it can be read as a standalone!)
About Summoned:
When the Elder Gods extend an invitation, be wary of the strings attached
While browsing in a rare book store in Arkham, Sean finds an occult book with an ad seeking an apprentice sorcerer, from a newspaper dated March 21, 1895. Even more intriguing, the ad specifically requests applicants reply by email.
Sean’s always been interested in magic, particularly the Lovecraftian dark mythology. Against his best friend Edna’s (“call-me-Eddy-or-else”) advice, he decides to answer the ad, figuring it’s a clever hoax, but hoping that it won’t be. The advertiser, Reverend Redemption Orne, claims to be a master of the occult born more than 300 years ago. To prove his legitimacy, Orne gives Sean instructions to summon a harmless but useful familiar—but Sean’s ceremony takes a dark turn, and he instead accidentally beckons a bloodthirsty servant to the Cthulhu Mythos god Nyarlathotep. The ritual is preemptively broken, and now Sean must find and bind the servitor, before it grows too strong to contain. But strange things are already happening in the town of Arkham….
About the Author:
ANNE M. PILLSWORTH’s novel Summoned began the Redemption’s Heir series, set in the same world as her short story “Geldman’s Pharmacy,” which received honorable mention in The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror, Thirteenth Annual Collection. She currently lives in a Victorian “trolley car” suburb of Providence, Rhode Island, with her wife.
Giveaway:
Thanks to Tor Teen I have one hardcover copy of Fathomless up for grabs! US or Canada only. Must be 13 or older to enter.
Audrey Greathouse
Oh fun! I almost didn’t enter because I haven’t read the first…but I’m always impressed when authors do series that can stand alone as single novels. Maybe I should go find Summoned and read it real fast just to be sure though… XD