Blight

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What use is a revolution in a world ruled by magic? A young wizard on the brink of burnout searches for her lost mentor. A bereaved mother, summoned to the sea by an ancient god, risks all to avenge her child. Her ex-husband smuggles weapons to a rag-tag resistance. The Cascade ruined the world that was; the Blight nearly destroyed what remained. The magical catastrophe unleashed demons and shriekgrass, an endless winter, and a promise of worse to come. In what remains of Canada, the genocidal Dominion government rules with an iron fist, while the libertarian Silicon Valley Autonomous Region chips away at the country's sinking west coast. Can a restive coalition of revolutionaries, defectors, and magicians pick up the pieces? Advance praise for Blight (The Sleep of Reason, Book II) "A compulsive read: angry, articulate, and lyrical. Somehow, even its horrific fantasy elements