This is one for the fantasy fans. Australian writer Trudi Canavan (http://www.trudicanavan.com/) has embarked on a new trilogy entitled ‘Millenniums Rule’ , and Thief’s Magic is the opener. The summary is as follows. In a world where an industrial revolution is powered by magic, Tyen, a student of archaeology, unearths a sentient book called Vella. Once a young sorcerer-bookbinder, Vella was transformed into a useful tool by one of the greatest sorcerers of history. Since then she has been collecting information, including a vital clue to the disaster Tyen’s world faces. Elsewhere, in a land ruled by the priests, Rielle the dyer’s daughter has been taught that to use magic is to steal from the Angels. Yet she knows she has a talent for it, and that there is a corrupter in the city willing to teach her how to use it – should she dare to risk the Angels’ wrath. But not everything is as Tyen and Rielle have been raised to believe. Not the nature of magic, nor the laws of their lands. Not even the people they trust. Get lost in these strange worlds as we glide towards summer.
560 pages in Orbit
ISBN 978-0356501109
Trudi Canavan