{"title":"Josiah Bancroft","description":"Josiah Bancroft is the author of five novels, a collection of short fiction, and numerous poems. His books have been translated into eight languages. Before settling down to write fantasy full-time, he was a college instructor, rock musician, and aspiring comic book artist. When he's not writing, he enjoys strumming a variety of stringed instruments, drawing with a growing cache of imperfect pens, and cooking without a recipe. He lives in Philadelphia with his wife, Sharon, their daughter, Maddie, and their two rabbits, Mabel and Chaplin.","products":[{"product_id":"the-hexologists-a-tangle-of-time-paperback","title":"The Hexologists: A Tangle of Time - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom one of the most exciting and original voices in fantasy comes the second book following the adventures of the Hexologists, Iz and Warren Wilby, as they tackle a case that could redefine the nature of magic itself.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As the nation's foremost investigators of the paranormal, Isolde and Warren Wilby are accustomed to bumping up against things that go bump in the night. They have made quite a name for themselves as the Hexologists: detectives of the uncanny, the monstrous, the strange. After a decade of wedded bliss and dozens of fantastical adventures, there is little in the world that can still surprise them. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But when a famous artist dies under suspicious circumstances, Isolde finds herself investigating a murder that may not have happened, and a crime scene that seems to shift beneath her feet. Not one to be easily thwarted, Isolde is compelled to take greater and greater risks in pursuit of her elusive answers. Meanwhile, the laws that govern magic appear to be breaking, and those cracks are spreading to the everyday world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The mystery will carry the devoted duo to seedy underworlds, enchanted gardens, and subterranean military zoos. Old friends will come to the Wilbies' aid as they infiltrate secret societies, battle vicious imps, and flee from a pack of venomous wolves. Equipped with Isolde's hexes, Warren's muscle, and an enchanted bag full of magical relics, the Hexologists will have to risk life and limb to unravel the riddle at the heart of A Tangle of Time. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFor more from Josiah Bancroft, check out: \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Books of Babel\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eSenlin Ascends \u003cbr\u003e The Arm of the Sphinx \u003cbr\u003e The Hod King \u003cbr\u003e The Fall of Babel\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Hexologists\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Hexologists\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50102769189087,"sku":"9780316443500","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/fOLxtmREUv9780316443500.webp?v=1781087324"},{"product_id":"the-hexologists-paperback","title":"The Hexologists - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first book in a wildly inventive and mesmerizing new fantasy series from acclaimed author Josiah Bancroft where magical mysteries abound and only one team can solve them: The Hexologists. \"Bancroft is a magician.\" -- Madeline Miller, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eCirce\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Fantastic! \u003ci\u003eThe Hexologists\u003c\/i\u003e fizzes eloquently with wit and elegance, but also has marvelous worldbuilding and an excellent plot - and a central pair of characters who I quite simply love. A cocktail of a book made with the very best champagne.\" -- Genevieve Cogman, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Invisible Library\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The Hexologists, Iz and Warren Wilby, are quite accustomed to helping desperate clients with the bugbears of city life. Aided by hexes and a bag of charmed relics, the Wilbies have recovered children abducted by chimney-wraiths, removed infestations of barb-nosed incubi, and ventured into the Gray Plains of the Unmade to soothe a troubled ghost. Well-acquainted with the weird, they never shy away from a challenging case. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But when they are approached by the royal secretary and told the king pleads to be baked into a cake--going so far as to wedge himself inside a lit oven--the Wilbies soon find themselves embroiled in a mystery that could very well see the nation turned on its head. Their effort to expose a royal secret buried under forty years of lies brings them nose to nose with a violent anti-royalist gang, avaricious ghouls, alchemists who draw their power from a hell-like dimension, and a bookish dragon who only occasionally eats people. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Armed with a love toughened by adversity and a stick of chalk that can conjure light from the darkness, hope from the hopeless, Iz and Warren Wilby are ready for a case that will test every spell, skill, and odd magical artifact in their considerable bag of tricks. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Bancroft is a wonder as ever! \u003ci\u003eThe Hexologists\u003c\/i\u003e was a joyous delight on every page-- buoyantly inventive, witty, poignant, gripping, and deeply satisfying.\" -- Madeline Miller, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eCirce\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Josiah Bancroft's imagination will astound you. One of the most inventive fantasy authors out there.\" -- Fonda Lee, author of the Green Bone Saga \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Bancroft has returned to the page in force, deploying his crystal prose and razored wit around a tale that mixes whimsy and threat in equal measure. He's a gift to the genre\u003ci\u003e.\" \u003c\/i\u003e-- Mark Lawrence, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Book That Wouldn't Burn\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50104790876383,"sku":"9780316443302","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/Qmw0WIE1Y79780316443302.webp?v=1781111327"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/josiah-bancroft.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}