Mordew

Nathan Treeves, a resident of the city of Mordew, finds he has special powers which rival those of the master of the city.

Mordew is the first novel of a planned trilogy.[2] The second instalment, Malarkoi, was published in September of 2022, and was positively received.[3][4][5] The planned third instalment is named Waterblack.[2] Galley Beggar Press will publish the remainder of the trilogy.

The novel has received mostly positive reviews from critics.[6][7] In a review for The Guardian, Adam Roberts referred to it as "[...] a darkly brilliant novel, extraordinary, absorbing and dream-haunting."[6]

The novel's style and content have garnered comparisons to the works of Charles Dickens,[7][8][9][10] as well as the Gormenghast series by Mervyn Peake.[7][8][11] Reviewers have likened its the works of Ursula K. Le Guin, Terry Pratchett, and China Miéville.[12]

Writing for the Los Angeles Review of Books, Alexandra Marraccini praised the novel as a departure from other books of "[...] British import literary fantasy".[11]

The book was included on The Guardian's and Tor.com's lists of the best science fiction and fantasy books of 2020.[13][14]