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  • The Last Days of Magic

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  • By: Mark Tompkins
  • Narrated by: Sile Bermingham
  • Length: 14 hrs and 44 mins
  • 3.5 out of 5 stars (2 ratings)

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“Fantastic...an honest, beautifully detailed book and an entertaining read.” (Diana Gabaldon, The Washington Post)

"A fantastical treat." (People)

What became of magic in the world? Who needed to do away with it, and for what reasons? Drawing on myth, legend, fairy tales, and biblical mysteries, The Last Days of Magic brilliantly imagines answers to these questions, sweeping us back to a world where humans and magical beings coexist as they had for centuries. 

Aisling, a goddess in human form, was born to rule both domains and - with her twin, Anya - unite the Celts with the powerful faeries of the Middle Kingdom. But within medieval Ireland, interests are divided, and far from its shores greater forces are mustering. Both England and Rome have a stake in driving magic from the Emerald Isle. Jordan, the Vatican commander tasked with vanquishing the remnants of otherworldly creatures from a disenchanted Europe, has built a career on such plots. But increasingly he finds himself torn between duty and his desire to understand the magic that has been forbidden. 

As kings prepare, exorcists gather, and divisions widen between the warring clans of Ireland, Aisling and Jordan must come to terms with powers given and withheld, while a world that can still foster magic hangs in the balance. Loyalties are tested, betrayals sown, and the coming war will have repercussions that ripple centuries later, in today's world - and in particular for a young graduate student named Sara Hill. 

The Last Days of Magic introduces us to unforgettable characters who grapple with quests for power, human frailty, and the longing for knowledge that has been made taboo. Mark Tompkins has crafted a remarkable tale - a feat of world-building that poses astonishing and resonant answers to epic questions. 

©2016 Mark Tompkins (P)2016 Penguin Audio

Critic Reviews

“A heady brew of Celtic and Biblical mythology with late medieval political intrigue and warfare.... Tompkins combines deft characterization with treachery, battle, magic, and hints of Dan Brown.” (Publishers Weekly)

“Simultaneously sweeping and intricate, reaching all the way back to the Dead Sea Scrolls and all the way forward to now, Tompkins’s amazing debut novel conjures an epic battle for the soul of Ireland. Filled with papal machination and royal intrigue, magic and mayhem, faeries, Vikings, legates, kings and queens, angels and goddesses, this is one wild and breathless ride.” (Karen Joy Fowler)

“Plundering the treasure chest of human myths, from mysterious biblical giants to ferocious Celtic faeries, Tompkins has created a fantasy adventure with the shifting perspectives of dreamscape. A novel rich and strange.” (Geraldine Brooks)

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Historically detailed

Aptly narrated , a intricate story of historical magic waning over the centuries in Europe.
possibly an accurate account if one had the imagination.
over all worth the credit.

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