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Dear XXX,
I am seeking representation for CONCORD BREAKER, a standalone adult fantasy complete at 102,000 words. It may appeal to readers who enjoy the rich, renaissance-inspired fantasy setting of Paolo Bacigalupi’s NAVOLA and the slow-burn espionage fiction of John Le Carre. Additionally, readers who enjoyed the genre blending of Robert Jackson Bennett’s THE TAINTED CUP may enjoy this fantasy with spy elements.
In a city where veneration of the old gods is strictly controlled, Neveera Gray spends her days working as a minor functionary at the Agency for Cult Regulation.
By night, she freelances as an advisor to illegal ritual sorcerers, just to make ends meet.
When the city watch breaks up one of her illegal rituals, she is hauled away to prison, and her only option is to make a deal with the informant who sold her out in the first place: Selise, a ruthless and enigmatic officer of the King’s intelligence service. The deal? Exploit her knowledge of the Agency's inner workings to uncover a hidden artifact that threatens the kingdom.
After conning her way into the Agency’s secure archives, Neveera discovers the artifact, a book with a powerful secret and a thirst for blood. This prized wonder draws her into a lethal world of espionage that hums beneath the civilized veneer of city life, where she tangles with foreign spies, a mole inside the Agency, her complicated feelings for her handler Selise, and a secret cult plotting to destroy the very foundations of the kingdom. If she wants to foil their plot, she’ll have to do more than get by–she’ll have to embrace her new life as a covert agent and decide if the city she calls home is worth saving.
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