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Blood over Bright Haven

  • 2023 first published
  • 540 pages
  • ★ 4.2 (4 ratings)
  • 4 editions

M. L. Wang's Blood over Bright Haven (2023) is a gaslamp fantasy and dark fantasy novel. Readers will find themes of magic.

Open Library readers give it an average of 4.2 out of 5 from 4 ratings, and 50 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 4 editions.

It runs to roughly 540 pages — 9–10 hours of reading at an average pace.

About Blood over Bright Haven

**Magic has made the city of Tiran an industrial utopia, but magic has a cost—and the collectors have come calling.** An orphan since the age of four, Sciona has always had more to prove than her fellow students. For twenty years, she has devoted every waking moment to the study of magic, fueled by a mad desire to achieve the impossible: to be the first woman ever admitted to the High Magistry. When she finally claws her way up the ranks to become a highmage, however, she finds that her challenges have just begun. Her new colleagues will stop at nothing to let her know she is unwelcome, beginning with giving her a janitor instead of a qualified lab assistant. What neither Sciona nor her peers realize is that her taciturn assistant was once more than a janitor; before he mopped floors for the mages, Thomil was a nomadic hunter from beyond Tiran’s magical barrier. Ten years have passed since he survived the perilous crossing that killed his family. But working for a highmage, he sees the opportunity to finally understand the forces that decimated his tribe, drove him from his homeland, and keep the Tiranish in power. Through their fractious relationship, mage and outsider uncover an ancient secret that could change the course of magic forever—if it doesn’t get them killed first.
Description from Open Library

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Subjects

  • Fantasy
  • High Fantasy
  • Magic
  • Science fiction
  • Dark fantasy fantasy
  • FICTION / Fantasy / Dark Fantasy
  • Dark Fantasy
  • Gaslamp fantasy
  • FICTION / Fantasy / Gaslamp
  • Gaslamp Fantasy

Quick answers

Who wrote Blood over Bright Haven?

Blood over Bright Haven was written by M. L. Wang and first published in 2023.

What genre is Blood over Bright Haven?

It is usually shelved as Gaslamp & Victorian Fantasy, Dark Fantasy and Epic Fantasy.

How long is Blood over Bright Haven?

The median edition has 540 pages, about 9–10 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Blood over Bright Haven?

Readers who like it often enjoy The Vagrant, The Grand Dark and Fighters of Fear.

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