Mordew, Alex Pheby
Mordew, Alex Pheby
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Mordew

Author: Alex Pheby

Narrator: Kobna Holdbrook-Smith

Unabridged: 18 hr 30 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/14/2021

Categories: Fiction, Fantasy, Epic, Urban


Synopsis

"Oppressively dark and deliciously Gothic" - The BiblioSanctum

Alex Pheby's Mordew launches an astonishingly inventive epic fantasy trilogy.

God is dead, his corpse hidden in the catacombs beneath Mordew.

In the slums of the sea-battered city, a young boy called Nathan Treeves lives with his parents, eking out a meagre existence by picking treasures from the Living Mud and the half-formed, short-lived creatures it spawns. Until one day his desperate mother sells him to the mysterious Master of Mordew.

The Master derives his magical power from feeding on the corpse of God. But Nathan, despite his fear and lowly station, has his own strength—and it is greater than the Master has ever known. Great enough to destroy everything the Master has built. If only Nathan can discover how to use it.

So it is that the Master begins to scheme against him—and Nathan has to fight his way through the betrayals, secrets, and vendettas of the city where God was murdered, and darkness reigns.

Propulsive, compulsively listenable, full of unforgettable characters and a talking dog who wants to be a
philosopher, Mordew is an epic fantasy strange, new, and terrifyingly alive.

A Macmillan Audio production from Tor Books

About Alex Pheby

ALEX PHEBY lives with his wife and two children in Scotland, and teaches at the University of Newcastle. Alex’s second novel, Playthings, was shortlisted for the 2016 Wellcome Book Prize. His third novel, Lucia, was joint winner of the 2019 Republic of Consciousness Prize. Mordew, the first book in the Cities of the Weft trilogy, was selected as a Book of the Year by The Guardian, The I, Tor.com and Locus.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Paul

I was a big fan of Alex Pheby’s previous two novels but approached this one with some trepidation. Fantasy is not my favourite genre (as a benchmark Lord of the Rings I abandoned in my younger days and more recently The City And The City and A Song of Fire and Ice I found ridiculous) and I also have......more

Goodreads review by Morvrun

Well, first of all, I want to thank the people at Tor and NetGalley for providing me with a copy of Mordew to read in exchange for an honest review. And also many thanks to Alex Pheby for writing this wonderful novel. In Mordew we bear witness to the story of Nathan Treeves, a child of the slums that......more

4.25⭐️ Well with that ending I will most definitely be continuing.......more