The Spiral Labyrinth - Matthew Hughes

Sherlock Holmes meets Jack Vance's Dying Earth inThe Spiral Labyrinth, the new novel from MatthewHughes, acclaimed author of Majestrum.

The universe continues to shift away from logicand reason, rewriting its basic operating system,bringing about a new age of sympatheticassociation, or magic.

It was bad enough when Henghis Hapthorn,Old Earth's foremost discriminator and diehardempiricist, had to accept this coming ofa new age of magic. Now he no longer hasthe leisure to anticipate and prepare for theinevitable changes. Hapthorn finds himselfcast forward and stranded several centuriesin the future. This new world of contendingwizards and hungry dragons is a difficult oneto assimilate, and Hapthorn must do so withouthis magic-savvy alter ego.

Worse, some entity with a will powerful enough tobend space and time is searching for him through theNine Planes, bellowing "Bring me Apthorn!" in a voiceloud enough to frighten demons.