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535. All Things Magical with Freya Marske

A Restless Truth
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I didn’t know this, but author Freya Marske has been so eager to be a guest on my show, and today, it’s happening! Her latest book, A Restless Truth, is out this week, and if you like queer magical historical mysteries with murder, this series is for you. We talk about magic having a physical cost, and how she highlights the classism and sexism of a magical system controlled and maintained mostly by men. We also talk about her favorite magical systems in fiction, magical spells, and we end with Many, Many recommendations.

Grab a cauldron and join us!

What about you? What magical spells would you want mastery over?

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You can find Freya Markse on her website FreyaMarske.com.

We also discussed my episode with Lois McMaster Bujold, Episode 461.

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  1. Kareni says:

    Thank you, Sarah and Freya for a fun interview. Best wishes, Freya, for the success of A Restless Truth which I hope to read soon.

  2. One of the Ms. M's says:

    Oh this is exciting. I’ve been slowly working my way through the Be The Serpent podcast (and bummed to have discovered it only after it finished), so I’m delighted to have another place to listen to Freya’s wonderful observations.

  3. EC Spurlock says:

    This was such a great podcast! I too want a magical house, preferably one that will clean itself and cook dinner for me so I don’t have to think about it. This sounds like a fabulous series and one that I must look into ASAP!

  4. DiscoDollyDeb says:

    Late to the party, but I just listened to the podcast last night, and enjoyed it very much, especially the discussion of magic “costing” something and not everyone being allotted the same amount of magical energy. While I don’t read much fantasy, if anyone is looking for another book where using magic comes at a cost and the decision to cast a spell has to be considered carefully, I recommend Kati Wilde’s THE MIDWINTER MAIL-ORDER BRIDE (I think I’ve seen the title shortened to THE MIDWINTER BRIDE in some places), a fantasy-romance that takes place in the Dead Lands (a location Kati has used for subsequent books). In the Dead Lands, magic requires “scaling”—every time a spell is cast, something happens to “balance it out” (for example, the Queen cast a spell to make her lips redder, but this in turn leached all the color from her daughter’s hair). Because my knowledge of fantasy is limited, I don’t know if “scaling” is a standard feature of fantasy or if this is Kati’s own creation—but either way, it’s handled very well in the story. Recommended.

  5. Aravind says:

    Thank you, Sarah and Freya for a fun interview. Best wishes, Freya, for the success of A Restless Truth which I hope to read soon.

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