Winner of the Booker Prize in 2013: an extraordinary, epic novel, charting the promise, deceit and desperation of the mid-19th century gold rush, from one of the most talented novelists of our time.

The breathtaking first instalment in the new epic fantasy romance series, The Ashes of Thezmarr, from rising romantasy star, Helen Scheuerer. Iron & Embers follows Wren, alchemist and poisoner as she fights for a place at the ancient alchemy academy of Drevenor – and her growing attraction to the legendary warsword assigned to protect her.