A Restless Truth (The Last Binding, 2)

A breathtaking romp of a plot, prose as sparkling and luxuriant as a diamond sautoir, and at the heart of it all a sense of wondrous possibility."The New York Times Now an International Bestseller, a New York Times Editors' Choice Pick, an Indie Next pick, a Bookpage Best Book of the Year, and a LibraryReads pickwith three starred reviews! A Restless Truth is the second entry in Freya Marskes beloved, award-winning Last Binding trilogy, the queer historical fantasy series that began with A Marvellous Light. Magic! Murder! Shipboard romance! Maud Blyth has always longed for adventure. She expected plenty of it when she volunteered to serve as an old ladys companion on an ocean liner, in order to help her beloved older brother unravel a magical conspiracy that began generations ago. What she didnt expect was for the old lady in question to turn up dead on the first day of the voyage. Now she has to deal with a dead body, a disrespectful parrot, and the lovely, dangerously outrageous Violet Debenham, whos also returning home to England. Violet is everything that Maud has been trained to distrust yet cant help but desire: a magician, an actress, and a magnet for scandal. Surrounded by the open sea and a ship full of suspects, Maud and Violet must first drop the masks that theyve both learned to wear before they can unmask a murderer and somehow get their hands on a magical object worth killing forwithout ending up dead in the water themselves. The Last Binding Trilogy: A Marvellous Light A Restless Truth A Power Unbound