In a rotten and bloody world, four magical rivals are forced to work together to avoid certain death in a deadly competition. Gothic, visceral and utterly compelling,\u00a0These Shattered Spires<\/i>\u00a0is the first book in the Wyrdos trilogy.<\/i><\/b>
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\n<\/i><\/b>Beneath a tooth-filled sky, the world rots.<\/b><\/p>\n
At the heart of the decaying world<\/b>\u00a0is Fourspires Castle, home to arcanists from across the four magical disciplines:\u00a0bone, blood, botany<\/b>\u00a0and\u00a0stone.<\/b><\/p>\n
When the king is assassinated, chaos erupts.<\/b>\u00a0To seize the crown, arcanists and their human familiars are dragged into\u00a0the Slaughter \u2013\u00a0<\/b>a deadly competition, where survival means killing and death is the only escape.<\/p>\n
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\n Published<\/th>\n 12 Mar 2026<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Format<\/th>\n Paperback<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Edition<\/th>\n 1st<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Extent<\/th>\n 368<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n ISBN<\/th>\n 9781526682994<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Imprint<\/th>\n Bloomsbury YA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Dimensions<\/th>\n 198 x 129 mm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Series<\/th>\n Wyrdos<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Publisher<\/th>\n Bloomsbury Publishing<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"