The Ruthless Lady's Guide to Wizardry (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781984805867)

A Tor.com Reviewers' Choice Best Book of the Year

Sparks fly in this enchanting fantasy novel from the author of Unnatural Magic when a down-and-out fire witch and a young gentlewoman join forces against a deadly conspiracy.

Dellaria Wells, petty con artist, occasional thief, and partly educated fire witch, is behind on her rent in the city of Leiscourt--again. Then she sees the "wanted" sign, seeking Female Persons, of Martial or Magical ability, to guard a Lady of some Importance, prior to the celebration of her Marriage. Delly fast-talks her way into the job and joins a team of highly peculiar women tasked with protecting their wealthy charge from unknown assassins.

Delly quickly sets her sights on one of her companions, the confident and well-bred Winn Cynallum. The job looks like nothing but romance and easy money until things take a deadly (and undead) turn. With the help of a bird-loving necromancer, a shapeshifting schoolgirl, and an ill-tempered reanimated mouse named Buttons, Delly and Winn are determined to get the best of an adversary who wields a twisted magic and has friends in the highest of places.

Author: C. M. Waggoner
ISBN-10: 198480586X
ISBN-13: 9781984805867
Publisher: Ace Books
Language: English
Published: 01/12/2021
Pages: 384
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.40w x 1.20d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 10/26/2020
Booklist 12/15/2020 pg. 91
Library Journal 01/01/2021 pg. 60