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Equinox

by David Towsey
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In this world, two souls inhabit a single body, one by day, one by night. But though they live alongside one another, their ends do not always align. For Special Inspector Morden, whose hunt for a dangerous witch takes him far from home, this will be a problem...
Christophor Morden lives by night. His day-brother, Alexsander, knows only the sun. They are two souls in a single body, in a world where identities change with the rising and setting of the sun. Night-brother or day-sister, one never sees the light, the other knows nothing of the night.
Early one evening, Christophor is roused by a call to the city prison. A prisoner has torn his eyes out and cannot say why. Yet worse: in the sockets that once held his eyes, teeth are growing. The police suspect the supernatural, so Christophor, a member of the king's special inspectorate, is charged with finding the witch responsible.
Night-by-night, Christophor's investigation leads him ever further from home, toward a backwards village on the far edge of the kingdom. But the closer he gets to the truth, the more his day-brother's actions frustrate him. Who is Alexsander protecting? What does he not want Christophor to discover?
And all the while, an ancient and apocalyptic ritual creeps closer to completion...
Praise for Equinox:
'Clever, original and beautifully crafted, half the fun here lies in getting to grips with the ramifications of this complex world, but the story holds like a vice' Daily Mail
'Spellbinding fantasy... This innovative work is sure to please' Publishers Weekly
'An ambitious and gruesome tale of intrigue, witches, and the warring self – utterly transporting' Ian Green, author of The Gauntlet and the Fist Beneath

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    May 12, 2022

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      • ISBN: 9781801101677

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      • ISBN: 9781801101677
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    • English

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    • Publisher's Weekly

      April 4, 2022
      This spellbinding fantasy from Towsey (the Walkin’ trilogy) operates on a fascinating conceit: a world where human bodies are shared by two beings, one diurnal and one nocturnal. Night-born Special Inspector Christophor Morden, brother to day-born musician Alexsander, is summoned by the king of Reikova to investigate what drove state prisoners Jan and Gregory Harsson to abruptly tear out their eyes. When Christophor confirms the king’s suspicions of witchcraft, the king sends Christophor—and Alexsander by extension—to the Harsson brothers’ faraway homeland of Drekenford to hunt down the witch responsible before news of this sorcery ignites a war. The intrigue steadily amps up in small-town Drekenford as Christophor and Alexsander’s contrasting day-and-night lifestyles dictate the course of the investigation. As Christophor inches closer to catching his witch, naive Alexsander intervenes, leading to a clever plot twist readers won’t see coming. The character dynamics are fascinating to tease out, especially as readers come to understand how these people navigate their strange everyday lives. This innovative work is sure to please. Agent: Sam Copeland, RCW Literary.

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