Laburnum is a city of two moons and one faith: Logic.

It’s also a city of rat empires, criminal gangs, slum boys, plotting politicians, curious princesses, the crimson men, drunkards and a talking cat.

And there’s a bit of witchcraft going on, but we’re not allowed to talk about that.

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The Scholars who Burn Books is part 4 of 6 from Alex Alexander’s debut novel Widdershins.

In the Neo-Victorian city of Laburnum, the Academy have outlawed irrational thought. Religion, mysticism and magic have been forgotten and replaced with the Laws of Logic. The Academy’s Inquisitors police these laws and to break them is to commit the ultimate crime: Logicide.

Cassandra, desperate to find clues that might save Rufus within the Zolnomicon, is about to have a most unfortunate encounter.

And an unfortunate encounter for the Princess, turns out to be an unfortunate encounter for everybody.

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“Give yourself to he who whispers.”