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One of four books expanding Neil Gaiman's acclaimed Sandman Universe. Timothy Hunter may be destined to become the most powerful magician in the universe, but he's still a London teenager, and having magical abilities is about to turn his world upside down!From acclaimed author Kat Howard (Roses and Rot, An Unkidness of Magicians) and art from Tom Fowler (The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, Hulk: Season One, Rick and Morty) Books of Magic picks up right where Neil Gaiman left ooff in 1991!While Tim's trying to study and attract the cutest girl in his class, there are cultists who want to kill him, believing his magical powers will eventually corrupt him, turning him into a merciless mage that will bring upon the end of magic forever! Luckily, the new substitute teacher for his school wants to mentor him and educate him in the magical arts so that he can discover the secrets behind the Books of Magic.
About the Author
Kat Howard is a writer of fantasy, science fiction, and horror who lives and writes in Minnesota. Her novella, The End of the Sentence, co-written with Maria Dahvana Headley, was one of NPR's best books of 2014, and her debut novel, Roses and Rot was a finalist for the Locus Award for Best First Novel. An Unkindness of Magicians was named a best book of 2017 by NPR, and won a 2018 Alex Award. Her short fiction collection, A Cathedral of Myth and Bone, collects work that has been nominated for the World Fantasy Award, performed as part of Selected Shorts, and anthologized in year's best and best of volumes, as well as new pieces original to the collection. She was the writer for the first 18 issues of The Books of Magic, part of DC Comics' Sandman Universe. Her next novel, A Sleight of Shadows, the sequel to An Unkindness of Magicians, is coming April 25, 2023. In the past, she's been a competitive fencer and a college professor. You can find her @KatwithSword on Twitter and on Instagram. She talks about books at Epigraph to Epilogue.
