Waiting on Wednesday

David Hair is actually one of those prodigiously talented writers out there, who's been quietly churning out mindblowing series' after series - having given us FOUR completed series ( yes!) David has turned his attention to a completely new world that he's been creating, the first of the trilogy is called The Map's Edge in this series called The Tethered Citadel, from the Jo Fletcher (Quercus) books stable. 

Set to release on Oct 15th, this is about a renegade sorcerer's bid to explore the very edges of this intriguing world that promises a thrilling adventure perfect for the fans of Scott Lynch, Brandon Sanderson and Sebastian de Castell. 

Dashryn Cowl has run out of places to hide. The erstwhile sorcerer of the Imperial College fled the Bolgravian Empire when his high-flying family fell from grace, but the tyrannical empire is still hunting for him.

So when he gets his hands on a map showing a place outside the known lands rich in istariol, the mineral that fuels sorcery, he sees a way back to power. There's only one problem: it means masquerading as an Imperial Cartomancer (an instant death sentence) and finding some dupes to help him mine the istariol in secret, no questions asked.

But somehow, amid the dangers of the road (floods and avalanches, beasts, barbarians and monsters), a strange thing begins to happen: Dashryn starts to care about his ragtag followers and their strange odyssey into the ruins of an ancient forgotten civilisation.
But his past won't let him be: the implacable Imperial Bloodhound Toran Zorne has caught his scent, and Zorne has never yet failed to bring his quarry to ground.

At the edge of the map, there's no going forward and no going back . . .