"The end always comes faster than you think."Once there were hundreds of members of the Oversight, the brave souls who guard the borders between the mundane and the magic. Now there are only five. And their numbers are dwindling further still.When a vagabond brings a screaming girl to the Oversight's London headquarters, she might answer their hopes for a new recruit, or she could be the instrument of their downfall.In his first novel for adults, Charlie Fletcher (The Stoneheart Trilogy) spins a tale of witch-hunters, supra-naturalists, mirror-walkers and magicians. Meet the Oversight, and remember: when they fall, so do we all.
"The end always comes faster than you think."Once there were hundreds of members of the Oversight, the brave souls who guard the borders between the mundane and the magic. Now there are only five. And their numbers are dwindling further still.When a vagabond brings a screaming girl to the Oversight's London headquarters, she might answer their hopes for a new recruit, or she could be the instrument of their downfall.In his first novel for adults, Charlie Fletcher (The Stoneheart Trilogy) spins a tale of witch-hunters, supra-naturalists, mirror-walkers and magicians. Meet the Oversight, and remember: when they fall, so do we all.
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Charlie Fletcher is a screenwriter and author living in Edinburgh. His Stoneheart trilogy for young adults has been translated into a dozen languages and the film rights have been sold to Paramount. The first volume, Stoneheart, was shortlisted for the Branford Boase award and longlisted for the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize. His standalone novel for children, Far Rockaway, was published last year to great critical acclaim and has been longlisted for the Carnegie prize. As a screenwriter, Charlie is currently working on two series, one for the BBC, the other for HBO.
Exciting, exhilarating, scary and moving in equal measure, The
Oversight is a teeming world of dark deeds and dark magics,
brilliantly realised. This feels like the start of something
amazing
*M. R. Carey, author of THE GIRL WITH ALL THE GIFTS*
A highly entertaining fantasy that promises a trilogy worth sinking
your teeth into
*SciFiNow*
Fletcher's Victorian London is juicily vivid, and laced with
macabre Dickensian wit. There's a real sense of grim danger, both
natural and unnatural, hungrily awaiting the slightest mis-step
*Frances Hardinge, Costa Book of the Year winner*
Told in a kind of compelling and hypnotic poesie that I just lapped
up . . . I'll certainly be reading the next one
*BoingBoing.net*
A richly atmospheric and intensely readable slice of Victoriana,
with a splendidly eerie sense of the way the unearthly lies
cheek-by-jowl with the mundane
*Adam Roberts*
The Oversight is - and let's be clear here - something very special
. . . It's oh so moreish a morsel. I'd read a prequel this evening,
a sequel as soon as.
*Tor.com*
A remarkable combination of British folklore, brisk pacing and
wide-ranging imagination
*Kirkus Reviews*
Richly atmospheric (the evil lurks in the background of every
paragraph), the book should be a big hit with supernatural-fantasy
readers ... the second book can't come soon enough
*Booklist (starred review)*
Utterly enthralling: Charles Dickens meets Susanna Clarke
*Lou Morgan*
Exciting, exhilarating, scary and moving in equal measure, The
Oversight is a teeming world of dark deeds and dark magics,
brilliantly realised. This feels like the start of something
amazing.
*Mike Carey*
Fletcher's Victorian London is juicily vivid, and laced with
macabre wit. There's a real sense of grim danger, both natural and
unnatural, hungrily awaiting the slightest mis-step.
*Frances Hardinge*
Told in a kind of compelling and hypnotic poesie that I just lapped
up . . . I'll certainly be reading the next one
*BoingBoing.net*
A richly atmospheric and intensely readable slice of Victoriana,
with a splendidly eerie sense of the way the unearthly lies
cheek-by-jowl with the mundane.
*Adam Roberts*
Utterly enthralling: Charles Dickens meets Susanna Clarke.
*Lou Morgan*
A remarkable combination of British folklore, brisk pacing and
wide-ranging imagination
*Kirkus Reviews*
Richly atmospheric (the evil lurks in the background of every
paragraph), the book should be a big hit with supernatural-fantasy
readers ... the second book can't come soon enough. (starred
review)
*Booklist*
The Oversight is - and let's be clear here - something very special
. . . It's oh so moreish a morsel. I'd read a prequel this evening,
a sequel as soon as.
*Tor.com*
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