3.8/5
Welcome to Bezim, where tribes of sword-slinging bravi race through the night, and rich and idle alchemists make magic out of mixing and measuring the four planes of reality.
Siyon Velo scrapes a living hopping between the planes of reality to harvest ingredients for the city's alchemists. But when Siyon accidentally commits an act of impossible magic, he's catapulted into the limelight - which is a bad place to be when the planes themselves start lurching out of alignment, threatening to send the city into the sea.
Now Siyon, along with the distractingly handsome Izmirlian Hisarani, might be the city's only hope.
Discover this wickedly entertaining debut with a delightful queer romance from one of the most exciting new voices in fantasy.
'Notorious Sorcerer has everything I want in a fantasy novel: a picaresque hero to make my heart sing, a refreshingly new kind of magic, and a waggish sense of humour. If you like a healthy dollop of rollicking fun with your epic fantasy, this is the book for you' -Megan Bannen, author of The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy