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The Sleep of Reason Book 2
by Rachel A. Rosen
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Pub Date Jun 15 2025 | Archive Date Mar 31 2025
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Description
What use is a revolution in a world ruled by magic?
A young wizard on the brink of burnout searches for her lost mentor. A bereaved mother, summoned to the sea by an ancient god, risks all to avenge her child. Her ex-husband smuggles weapons to a rag-tag resistance.
The Cascade ruined the world that was; the Blight nearly destroyed what remained. The magical catastrophe unleashed demons and shriekgrass, an endless winter, and a promise of worse to come.
In what remains of Canada, the genocidal Dominion government rules with an iron fist, while the libertarian Silicon Valley Autonomous Region chips away at the country's sinking west coast.
Can a restive coalition of revolutionaries, defectors, and magicians pick up the pieces?
A Note From the Publisher
She is the author of Cascade, this novel’s predecessor, and, with Zilla Novikov, the co-author of The Sad Bastard Cookbook: Food You Can Make So You Don't Die. More of her writing can be found in Beyond Human: Tales of the New Us, Instant Classic (That No One Will Read), and The Dance.
Rachel co-hosts the Wizards & Spaceships podcast with David L. Clink (www.wizardsandspaceships.ca), and designs book covers in her theoretical
spare time. She lives in Tkaronto (Toronto), where she is the harried personal
assistant to two cats.
The book will also be published in paperback form ($25 CAD)
Advance Praise
“Suffused with masterful horror and black humour and compassion for its beleaguered and all-too-human characters, this spellbinding chronicle of leviathanic magic, political intrigue, and righteous insurrection hurls a molotov cocktail at the evil lurking in humanity’s banal appetites for control.” — Dale Stromberg, author of Maej
“A worthy sequel to an epic ecofantasy. The world’s on fire, it’s time to lick our wounds and start putting it back together.” — Zilla Novikov, author of Reprise
“The second book in the series is even better than the first … Deftly showing that collective action, not individual heroism, is the only way to fight fascism, Blight is a book I know I’ll be coming back to. Rosen is a daring voice in Canadian SFF, and she’ll break your heart while making you laugh.” — Michelle Browne, author of Meaning Wars
“Rosen’s ability to create such a beautifully vivid picture of a vicious world as it slowly chokes to death is simply breathtaking.” — Rohan O’Duill, author of Cold Blooded
Marketing Plan
Book launch and signings planned for spring and fall.
Book launch and signings planned for spring and fall.
Available Editions
| EDITION | Ebook |
| ISBN | 9781069240903 |
| PRICE | CA$7.00 (CAD) |
