Book Review: Tok: Magick Tale by Pablo Reig Mendoza

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Title: Tok: Magick Tale

Author:Pablo Reig Mendoza, translated by Jesus Fernandez Pedraza

Publisher: Babelcube, Inc.

Publication date: January 5, 2021

Genre: Fantasy

One Sentence Summary: The dragons binding all people together feed on gold, but, when all the gold vanishes, the magicians need Juan to help them find it again.

Overall

Tok: Magick Tale is just that: a magick tale. It easily blends so many elements like philosophy, fantasy, history, and religion to create a unique reality. The magic was quite interesting, even if I didn’t fully understand it. The story was fascinating, even if it was less focused on the characters and more on the story, but I still wouldn’t exactly call this plot-driven. It’s more of an inevitable journey and how it unfolds. With dragons, magicians, and a special Bond, Tok: Magick Tale is more than just a fantasy novel and will make the reader think.

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About the Book:

London, England,1888 AD. Cabalists, magicians and occultists of every species, scattered through all strata of society, are in frenzied activity. The numbers MDCCCLXXXVIII add up for the first time to 13 characters, and it is a year of opportunity for the servants of the Bond in the age-old secret war between the adherents of the old religion and the Vatican Curia.

From the lavish halls of Buckingham Palace, the elderly Empress Victoria and her young Hindu lover – the Munshi – weave together the threads of a secret plan that will return magic to its rightful place: the public eye. While Scotland Yard is racking its brains over the crimes of the Whitechapel Ripper, nascent socialism is at the centre of the events of «Bloody Sunday» and a young Gandhi is initiated into the ancient arcana with Mabel and Gerard.

Gerard Duprey will soon become the town’s…

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