Thrilled to be part of the blog tour for one of my most anticipated releases for several years, Laura Lam's Masquerade! I've been desperate to find out the ending to Micah Grey's story since first reading Pantomime and Shadowplay, both of which I adored.
Over to Laura!
Recovery
In the smaller
Northern villages, there are many types of supposed panaceas and poultices for
illness. Many studies have been carried out to ascertain their efficacy. Most
of them are little more than quackery, but some, especially ones which used
Vestige liquids found in the area, proved to be shockingly effective. Yet due
to the volatile nature of Alder-age liquids, they are not advised for
consumption.
— ‘Folk Remedies in
Northern Ellada’, Professor Shawn Arbutus, Royal Snakewood University
Every chapter in the Micah Grey
series has a short found document at the start, ranging from a variety of
sources: history books, diaries, songs, poetry, and more. It’s basically a
sneaky way to add in more worldbuilding and detail about Ellada & the
Archipelago.
There’s more of a focus on lesser known aspects of folk
culture in some excerpts in Masquerade.
By now, readers have learned a lot of the larger aspects of the world, but
these are lesser known ones. In this world, Vestige technology has been left
behind by the mysterious Alder, who vanished centuries ago. The things they
left behind have shaped the world in various ways, but no one truly understands
it: to the people who live in Ellada, it’s basically magic. That means there’s
a lot of experimentation and trying to find out what different Vestige can do.
It can have disastrous results.
If you buy Pantomime
or Masquerade & send your receipt
to Laura, you can claim a free 10k short story, “The Mechanical Minotaur,” set
in the same world. If you buy all three, you can claim 60k of free fiction as
well. More
details here.
Masquerade is the third and final novel in Laura Lam's Micah Grey trilogy, following Pantomime and Shadowplay.
The gifted hide their talents, but dare they step into the light?
Micah's Chimaera powers are growing, until his dark visions overwhelm him. Drystan is forced to take him to Dr Pozzi, to save his life. But can they really trust the doctor, especially when a close friend is revealed to be his spy?
Meanwhile, violent unrest is sweeping the country, as anti-royalist factions fight to be heard. Then three chimaera are attacked, after revealing their existence with the monarchy's blessing - and the struggle becomes personal. A small sect decimated the chimaera in ancient times and nearly destroyed the world. Now they've re-emerged to spread terror once more. Micah will discover a royal secret, which draws him into the heart of the conflict. And he and his friends must risk everything to finally bring peace to their land.
Laura Lam was raised near San Francisco, California, by two former Haight-Ashbury hippies. Both of them encouraged her to finger-paint to her heart's desire, colour outside the lines, and consider the library a second home. This led to an overabundance of daydreams. She relocated to Scotland to be with her husband, whom she met on the internet when he insulted her taste in books. She almost blocked him but is glad she didn't. At times she misses the sunshine.
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