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Author of THE RELIC GUILD and THE CATHEDRAL OF KNOWN THINGS, published by @Gollancz. Repped by @zenoagency. Not in One Direction.

	From Gollancz: Edward Cox began writing stories at school as a way to pass time in boring lessons. With his first short story published in 2000, Edward spent much of the next decade earning a BA first class with honours in creative writing, and a Master degree in the same subject. He then went on to teach creative writing at the University of Bedfordshire.
	Currently living in Essex with his wife and daughter, Edward is mostly surrounded by fine greenery and spiders the size of his hand. THE RELIC GUILD was his first completed novel, and it is the result of more than ten years of obsessive writing.

 

(UPDATED, 11/05/2016)

THE CATHEDRAL OF KNOWN THINGS (BOOK 2)

	May	9781473200340	MMP	8.99	Gollancz		2
	Divided, hunted and short on resources, the surviving members of the Relic Guild are in real trouble. Their old enemy, the Genii, and their resurrected master have infiltrated Labrys Town and taken over the police force.
	So the Relic Guild must flee their home, and set off on a dangerous journey across the worlds of the Aelfir. One that will lead them to a weapon which might destroy the Genii. Or the whole universe…
	And forty years before all this, the war which led to the fall of the Genii continues. And what happens to the Relic Guild during that conflict will change the course of their desperate flight.
	You can read an extract of Book 1 The Relic Guild here with more details below. We’ve also got Ed’s article on the musical inspirations of his characters here!

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Below, from Orion Books’ Soundcloud: Prelude CHAMPION OF DEAD TIME, then an extract from THE CATHEDRAL OF KNOWN THINGS read by Imogen Church, and an interview between Ed and Imogen on the same…

 

PRELUDE READ BY IMOGEN CHURCH: CHAMPION OF DEAD TIME 

 

EXTRACT READ BY IMOGEN CHURCH

 

DISCUSSION ON THE CATHEDRAL OF KNOWN THINGS…

 

THE RELIC GUILD (BOOK 1)

	Sep-14	The Relic Guild	978-1473200296	HB	£20.00	Gollancz		1
	Jul-15	The Relic Guild	978-1473200319	PB	£8.99	Gollancz		1
	Magic caused the war. Magic is forbidden. Magic will save us.
	It was said the Labyrinth had once been the great meeting place, a sprawling city at the heart of an endless maze where a million humans hosted the Houses of the Aelfir. The Aelfir who had brought trade and riches, and a future full of promise. But when the Thaumaturgists, overlords of human and Aelfir alike, went to war, everything was ruined and the Labyrinth became an abandoned forbidden zone, where humans were trapped behind boundary walls 100 feet high.
	Now the Aelfir are a distant memory and the Thaumaturgists have faded into myth. Young Clara struggles to survive in a dangerous and dysfunctional city, where eyes are keen, nights are long, and the use of magic is punishable by death. She hides in the shadows, fearful that someone will discover she is touched by magic. She knows her days are numbered. But when a strange man named Fabian Moor returns to the Labyrinth, Clara learns that magic serves a higher purpose and that some myths are much more deadly in the flesh.
	The only people Clara can trust are the Relic Guild, a secret band of magickers sworn to protect the Labyrinth. But the Relic Guild are now too few. To truly defeat their old nemesis Moor, mightier help will be required. To save the Labyrinth – and the lives of one million humans – Clara and the Relic Guild must find a way to contact the worlds beyond their walls.
	FREE AUDIO STORY HEMLOCK – Prequel to THE RELIC GUILD read by Imogen Church… Just click play below!

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And coming soon: Book 3, THE WATCHER OF DEAD TIME – August 2016!
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