This Year's Best New Fantasy Books Will Fill Your Days With Magic

Davinia Evans's sequel "Shadow Baron" returns readers to a chaotic universe full of alchemists, schemers, and mind-bending reality. Siyon Velo is now acknowledged as the Alchemist after stabilizing the universe and (hopefully) stopping the land of Bezim from destruction. Now, he's got a different challenge: not letting anyone realize he's in over his head. Meanwhile, mythical creatures begin to be spotted all around, where they were once the provenance of fiction. The magical world is creeping in through the cracks, and it's up to Siyon to find a way to stop it before everything he's worked so hard for comes crashing down.

Release date: Nov. 14