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The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep

H.G. Parry

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The ultimate book-lovers fantasy, this sparkling debut is a "delight of magic and literature, love and adventure" (Kat Howard) featuring a young scholar with the power to bring literary characters into the world.

For his entire life, Charley Sutherland has concealed a magical ability he can't quite control: He can bring characters from books into the real world.

But when literary characters start causing trouble throughout the city and threatening to destroy the world, he learns he's not the only one with his ability. Now it's up to Charley and his reluctant older brother, Rob, to stop them―hopefully before they reach The End.

Praise for The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep:

"A star-studded literary tour and a tangled mystery and a reflection on reading itself; it's a pure delight." ―Alix E. Harrow, Hugo Award-winning author

"This beautifully-written novel is an exploration of the power fiction wields -- the power to inform and to change, even to endanger, our everyday world." ―Louisa Morgan, author of A Secret History of Witches

"Equal parts sibling rivalry, crackling mystery, and Dickensian battle royale, it'll be one of your most fun reads this year." ―Mike Chen, author of Here and Now and Then

For more from H. G. Parry, check out:

The Shadow Histories

A Declaration of the Rights of Magicians

A Radical Act of Free Magic

ContemporaryScience FictionFantasyMysteryThrillerFictionAdult
Pages
464
First published
July 23, 2019
Language
English
Edition
Ebook

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  • adventurousemotionalmysteriousMedium-paced

    Started September 25, 2026 · Finished September 30, 2026

    I did not expect to love this book so much. It is solidly structured, and the plot was gripping and exciting. The fantastical elements were not for me; I don't enjoy the enshrining of the reading process - it feels very pretentious; also, I have not read any Dickens, ha-ha. The crowning jewel, however, is a beautifully explored sibling relationship, with all its love, guilt, protectiveness, jealousy, and resentment, and it's concluded perfectly. The characters are alive (wink-wink), relatable, and believable, and I was genuinely worried about their well-being by the end. Very exciting book! Maybe a little too long, though.