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The Anubis Gates
464 pages
A breathless, fog-drenched plunge into a secret, magical history where poets and sorcerers collide in the grimy underworld of Regency London.
What it feels like
Reading this book feels like tumbling headlong into a meticulously crafted, fog-drenched puzzle box. It is a breathless, chaotic plunge into a secret history where the erudite world of Romantic poetry collides with the grimy, macabre underworld of Regency London. The narrative moves at a brisk, swashbuckling pace, dragging you through a labyrinth of Egyptian sorcerers, grotesque beggar guilds, and temporal paradoxes. Despite the frantic action and moments of visceral body horror, the prose remains richly textured and anchored by a wry, scholarly wit. It is an incredibly immersive experience that delights in its own cleverness, perfect for readers who love intricate, time-bending mysteries wrapped in the atmospheric grime of a dark, magical metropolis.
- Mood
- fog-drenched
- grimy
- chaotic
- uncanny
- Tone
- wry
- erudite
- adventurous
- macabre
- Pace
- brisk
- Themes
- the cyclical nature of time · hidden histories · loss of identity · survival in the margins
- The writing
- Richly textured and historically immersive, the prose balances scholarly wit with visceral, pulpy action.
- The arc
- The journey moves from bewildered, desperate displacement to a hard-won, triumphant embrace of a bizarre new destiny.
- Who it's for
- Fans of intricate, puzzle-box narratives who delight in grimy historical fantasy, literary cameos, and breathless swashbuckling adventures.
Content notes
- body horror
- violence
- kidnapping
- mutilation
About the book
Brendan Doyle, a specialist in the work of the early-nineteenth century poet William Ashbless, reluctantly accepts an invitation from a millionaire to act as a guide to time-travelling tourists. But while attending a lecture given by Samuel Taylor Coleridge in 1810, he becomes marooned in Regency London, where dark and dangerous forces know about the gates in time.
Caught up in the intrigue between rival bands of beggars, pursued by Egyptian sorcerers, and befriended by Coleridge, Doyle somehow survives and learns more about the mysterious Ashbless than he could ever have imagined possible...
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