"In this smashingly good debut, ... (Lindley) has fun with fantasy tropes while also living up to their grandeur." - Kirkus Reviews
"It's got all the epic-fantasy goodies but every one of them gets turned on its head. Mannethorn's Key is never what you expect."
Slumped over the toilet bowl in his slum apartment, Bart's high-rolling lifestyle isn't exactly coming up roses. Alcohol, affairs, and a skill exploited for short-term gain have rewarded him with divorce, bankruptcy, and unemployment.
A world away, a wizard-apprentice confronts a foe as threatening as the once-dominant age of Dragon's Rule. But to triumph, he will need Bart - a washed-up derivatives broker - plucked from a last-ditch job interview and thrust into a testing ground, where a knight with a penchant for lopping off heads will either groom him for the world beyond or murder him in the process.
Exiled dragon-lords, grass-eating giants, impetuous warriors, troll assassins, ribald dwarfs, evil men, and vengeful women seek to save themselves from a flawed world of failing magic. With hungover Bart at its epicenter, what can possibly go wrong?
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