![]() ![]() His goal is to become a prosecutor specialising in Edem crimes, but the only lawyer he can ask to take him on as an apprentice is Mr Toyer, the kingdom’s foremost public defender. ![]() As such, its use is outlawed and the punishment severe.Ĭayder Broduck once used Edem as a child, and since his time in reform school has had no sympathy for Edem criminals. ![]() ![]() The Edem responds to the user’s spoken command, but in an unforeseeable way, often with collateral damage. Edem – extra-dimensional magic – is there to be used, so long as there is a deep enough shadow to touch, such as when the permacloud momentarily falters or a flood lamp fails. Special machines maintain a layer of thick fog, known as the permacloud, over the city of Kardelle to banish all but the weakest of shadows. Flood lamps with diffuse light are, by law, always on in people’s homes and in the streets after dark. The people of Telene fear shadows for the power they hold. One detail leads to another.Īstrid Scholte, bestselling author of Four Dead Queens, displays her talent for creative world-building and intricate plots in her latest novel, League of Liars. Details are remembered in bits and pieces. As though they’ve memorised the story from start to finish. Melbourne-based Astrid Scholte’s new novel pits its characters against injustice. ![]()
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