The Magician’s Daughter

Parry (A Radical Act of Free Magic) writes a coming-of-age fantasy set in an alternate 1912 London filled with heartbreak and wonder, as protagonist Biddy has to literally spread her wings and fly to save her guardians and magic itself. It’s also a found-family story where Biddy is forced to question everything she has ever believed about herself and magic. The magic started draining out of Biddy’s world long before she was born, but the legendary Hy-Brasil, where she was raised, has a bit of it left. That magic, Biddy’s magical guardians, and Biddy herself are pursued by a Mages’ Council determined to steal what little is left—unless Biddy and her guardians take the fight to them in one last desperate gamble to find the place magic has hidden. Either they let magic loose again in a world condemned to gloom and deprivation, or it will be hoarded and abused by those who have been chasing Biddy—because she holds the only key.