Mortedant's Peril
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- Hardcover
432 pages
- Release Date
26 May 2026
Summary
Mortedant’s Peril is an epic historical fantasy of murder, mystery and unlikely alliances from RJ Barker, award-winning author of The Bone Ships. Perfect for fans of Six of Crows and City of Last Chances.
Irody can speak to the dead. But the living want him silenced.
Mortedants can speak to the dead, and Irody Hasp is the greatest of them. Not that they’ll admit it. Or that anyone actually likes the Mortedants, in particular Irody. Nonetheless, Elbay is a city of tradition and…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781035064274 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1035064278 |
| Author: | RJ Barker |
| Publisher: | Pan Macmillan |
| Imprint: | Tor |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 432 |
| Release Date: | 26 May 2026 |
| Weight: | 652g |
| Dimensions: | 38mm x 153mm x 234mm |
| Series: | The Trials of Irody Hasp |
| Audience Age: | 18 |
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Critics Review
Mortedant’s Peril is a fabulous fantasy mystery filled set in a fresh, imaginative world and featuring a trio of underdog characters with nothing in common except an unfolding sense of justice that propels them into one engrossing caper after another. Long live Irody, Mirial and Whisper! – Sebastien De Castell, author of Traitor’s Blade
This is the murder mystery conspiracy thriller fantasy epic you’ve been looking for. Wonderful stuff! – M. R. Carey, author of The Girl with all the Gifts
Mortedant’s Peril is great, with a capital G. Believable, quirky characters, a well-built, layered world full of magical sects and political intrigue, and a plot that gently sinks its claws into you and pulls you along from one chapter to the next. I loved it from the first page and would recommend it highly. Another cracking read from RJ Barker – John Gwynne, author of The Faithful and the Fallen
A great read which drags the reader in and doesn’t let go. Stayed up way too late to finish it – Genevieve Cogman, author of The Invisible Library
Mortedant’s Peril is like a fantastic dream I didn’t want to wake up from! Characters I adore follow a twisty mystery that winds through a weird and wonderful city, in a story full of action and humor and stakes that cut straight to your heart. More, please!!! – Melissa Caruso. author of The Tethered Mage
RJ Barker does it again! Mortedant’s Peril is the perfect blend of humour, darkness and puzzle box mystery – Sunyi Dean author of The Girl with a Thousand Faces
An engrossing, ingenious story in a beautifully crafted world – Adrian Tchaikovsky, author of Children of Time
With plots and mysteries, unexpected friends and foes alike, strap in for a baroque romp of squalor and grandeur, horror and humour. Fabulous, frantic and moving * The Daily Mail *
A deeply wonderful fantasy that made me fall in love with the genre all over again * Grimdark Magazine *
I’d already considered Barker a brilliant, imaginative writer, but Mortedant’s Peril is a shining demonstration of an author going from strength to strength * The Fantasy Hive *
Mortedant’s Peril is a superior fantasy that drags you in, managing to use old tropes but then adding something new to the mix * SFFWorld *
Barker excels at making you care for unusual characters * SFX Magazine *
RJ Barker
RJ Barker is a critically acclaimed and award-winning author of fantasy fiction. He won the 2020 British Fantasy Society’s Robert Holdstock award for Best Novel for his fourth novel, The Bone Ships.
His debut trilogy, The Wounded Kingdom (Age of Assassins, Blood of Assassins, and King of Assassins), was nominated for the David Gemmel Award, the Kitschie Golden Tentacle, The Compton Crook, and the BFS Best Debut and Best Novel awards.
It was called “Thoroughly entertaining and constantly impressive” by The Fantasy Hive, “One of the best fantasy series you will ever read” by the BFS, and “A singular sensational new voice in epic fantasy” by Nicholas Eames, author of Kings of the Wyld.
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