Book Club - Sorcerer to the Crown

For May, we're checking out Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho. An established writer of short stories, this was Cho's debut novel. She now has six novels, according to her website, including the sequel to this book, The True Queen. A UK-based Malaysian, her writing is heavily influenced by both cultures. As she describes it, Sorcerer to the Crown is "a historical fantasy set in Regency London, featuring magic, romance and lots of hijinks."

Where to find the book (at the time of this writing):

Hard Copies:
Delaware County Libraries - 5 of 5 copies available
Free Library of Philadelphia - 1 of 1 copy available

ebooks:
DCL - 1 of 1 copy available
FLP - 0 of 1 copy (est. 4 week wait)
Kindle Unlimited

audiobooks:
DCL - 0 of 1 copy (est. 2 week wait)
FLP - 0 of 7 copies (est. 6 week wait)
Everand (Scribd) - Available 4/16/24
Audible - available with subscription (no credits needed)

Also available to purchase from all major booksellers in all formats.

Summary:

At his wit’s end, Zacharias Wythe, freed slave, eminently proficient magician, and Sorcerer Royal of the Unnatural Philosophers—one of the most respected organizations throughout all of Britain—ventures to the border of Fairyland to discover why England’s magical stocks are drying up.

But when his adventure brings him in contact with a most unusual comrade, a woman with immense power and an unfathomable gift, he sets on a path which will alter the nature of sorcery in all of Britain—and the world at large…

384 pages, 13h 9m
Pub Sept 1, 2015