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A Sorceress Comes to Call
Published 2024 by Tor Books · 336 pages
Hugo · 2025
FinalistNebula · 2025
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4 award entries · 2 books · 1 wins · 2023–2025
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Synopsis
Fourteen-year-old Cordelia lives under the tyrannical control of her mother, a sorceress who can magically commandeer her body. When her mother targets a wealthy squire for marriage, Cordelia finds an unlikely ally in the squire's sharp-witted sister Hester, who senses the danger lurking behind the sorceress's genteel facade.
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