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The Dark Gifts Trilogy – Gilded Cage, Tarnished City and Bright Ruin
Set in alternative contemporary Britain controlled by a magically-gifted elite. Two families, one all-powerful, the other in servitude – battle for the soul of England and the existence of magic itself.
Gilded Cage was a 2018 World Book Night Pick and a Radio 2 Book Club selection. It was shortlisted for the Compton Crook Award and and won the 2018 Prix Utopiales Jeunesse at Europe’s biggest SFF awards.“A dazzling addition to the growing genre of alternative historical fiction, James’s first novel has the added bonus of compelling page-turnability’”
Daily Mail“The historical parallels are too delicious to ignore . . . one can’t help but anticipate the next novel in the series”
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The Sanctuary universe began in 2019 with Sanctuary, and continues in 2024 with Bittershore, and further books to follow
Set in an alternate modern America where witchcraft is real, a witch mother and her daughter discover who their friends are and how tolerant society really is, when tragedy strikes their small town and accusations fly.
Sanctuary was a Sunday Time top 10 bestseller, and in 2024 debuted as a major streaming series for AMC Networks as Sanctuary: A Witch’s Tale.“Addictive”
The Independent“Truly unsettling”
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