The Bridge to Magic

July 18, 2023July 18, 2023 by onemoreexclamation

We are thrilled to present The Bridge to Magic by Alex Thornbury. Read on for more details!

About the Book

The Bridge to Magic (The Sundered Web #1)

Publication Date: February 21, 2023

Genre: YA Dark Fantasy/ Dystopian Vibes

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An award-winning debut for lovers of traditional fantasy and the readers who crave the dark, disturbing and original.

Men thought they had won the war against magic, when a demi-god had sundered their realm and banished magic and its keepers to the deadlands. But then another terror was born. Nothing can survive the approaching Blight. Terren, the last refuge of mankind, now stands alone in its path. Only the bridge across the great chasm offers any hope of escape… for some.

Elika has long feared the bridge to the Deadlands. It had taken her parents, and the lives of more poor fools than she could count. What’s there for them anyway on the other side but more suffering and death? Though the gods had abandoned them, the king and his priests will stop the Blight. They just need to destroy every echo of magic, the source of the Blight. Then she discovers that the biggest echo of magic is hiding inside her, and through her it seeks to enact the will of its own.

Accused of being a mage, she is hunted and hated.

Many doubt her loyalties. Her gang turns against her. The one man she thought she could trust and love, abandons her. Everything she knew about her past shatters, as long-buried secrets about her true birth emerge. Worse still, she may not even be human. She must race to find a way to purge herself from magic’s hold. But as time runs out for the city and her magic only grows in power, can she sacrifice herself to save the last of humanity and all that she loves?

Reviews for The Bridge to Magic

“A grim and despairing yet elegiac fantasy tale… Hard-bitten fantasists should approve.”—Kirkus Reviews

What a grand entrance as a debut author! Vibrant descriptions set you into the story and immerse you into the world that has been created, albeit, dark and terrifying. The main character is a strong woman that has had everything thrown at her and yet perseveres. Otherwise a dark story, she provides hope. There is plenty of adventure throughout this great plot. Riddled with both betrayal and survival, magic and sacrifice, this is far from a boring read.

About the Author

Alex Thornbury is an award-winning author. She grew up in Cheshire UK, and developed deep love of history and fantasy thanks to the many castles she visited as a child. Though she grew up to be an Alchemist by trade, she never stopped fantasising about other worlds, dragons and epic battles.

She has abandoned her Alchemy and potion making career and is now a full-time author of high fantasy. Three of her books are to be released in early 2023.

Alex Thornbury