Sorcerer to the Crown

Zen Cho was born and raised in Malaysia and now lives in London. She was a finalist for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer for her short fiction and also won the Crawford Award. Sorcerer to the Crown was Zen Cho's debut novel, followed by her standalone set in the same world, The True Queen.

An enchanting cross between Georgette Heyer and Susanna Clarke, full of delights and surprises Naomi Novik A warm, funny debut novel by a brilliant new talent Charles Stross Compulsively readable and wickedly funny, this magical marriage of Jane Austen and P. G. Wodehouse delivers love, laughs, and a thoroughly modern sensibility, and will keep you reading long into the night. I loved it Lavie Tidhar Fabulous! If you like Austen or Patrick O'Brian, or magic and humor like Susannah Clarke, or simply a very fun read, you will really, really, enjoy this Ann Leckie A delightful and enchanting novel that uses sly wit and assured style to subvert expectations while it always, unfailingly, entertains. I loved it Kate Elliott I would marry this book if I could Justine Larbalestier Magic, manners and dragons in Regency England ... a mix of Jane Austen, P. G. Wodehouse and Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell, and all its own thing. Glorious Aliette de Bodard A comedy of manners ... a classic, gently barbed upper-crust comedy mixed with magical thrills, modern social consciousness, and a hint of political intrigue. A decidedly promising start Kirkus Reviews An enchanting cross between Georgette Heyer and Susanna Clarke, full of delights and surprises Naomi Novik Fabulous! If you like Austen or Patrick O'Brian, or magic and humor like Susannah Clarke, or simply a very fun read, you will really, really, enjoy this Ann Leckie A warm, funny debut novel by a brilliant new talent Charles Stross A delightful and enchanting novel that uses sly wit and assured style to subvert expectations while it always, unfailingly, entertains. I loved it Kate Elliott Fabulous! If you like Austen or Patrick O'Brian, or magic and humor like Susannah Clarke, or simply a very fun read, you will really, really, enjoy this Ann Leckie I would marry this book if I could Justine Larbalestier Compulsively readable and wickedly funny, this magical marriage of Jane Austen and P. G. Wodehouse delivers love, laughs, and a thoroughly modern sensibility, and will keep you reading long into the night. I loved it Lavie Tidhar Magic, manners and dragons in Regency England ... a mix of Jane Austen, P. G. Wodehouse and Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell, and all its own thing. Glorious Aliette de Bodard A comedy of manners ... a classic, gently barbed upper-crust comedy mixed with magical thrills, modern social consciousness, and a hint of political intrigue. A decidedly promising start Kirkus Reviews