Gina Rae Mitchell

Merchants of Knowledge and Magic by Erika McCorkle | Spotlight Tour | #Epic Fantasy

A book blog tour from The Write Reads.

Thank you to the author, publisher, and Dave & the Gang at The Write Reads for providing me with the information for this tour.

Book Details

Merchants of Knowledge and Magic by Erika McCorkle
Series: The Pentagonal Dominion #1
Published by Shadow Spark Publishing on 04/08/2022
Genres: Epic Fantasy, Fiction
Format: eBook, Paperback
Pages: 530

On one of the many planes of the Pentagonal Dominion, priestess Calinthe trades in information, collecting valuable secrets for her demonic employer. Calinthe has a secret of her own: she’s intersex, making her a target for the matriarchal slavers of the Ophidian Plane whose territory she must cross in her search for hidden knowledge. But thanks to her friend Zakuro’s illusions, Calinthe presents as a woman- a comfortable, if furtive, existence in a world determined to bring her to heel.

But when, instead of a mere secret, the priestess uncovers an incalculably powerful artifact, Calinthe finds herself in a high-stakes negotiation with the same matriarchs who sought to enslave her. On the table: Calinthe’s discovery, a charm powerful enough to transform a mortal into a god… against a secret so deadly it could quell all life on every plane of the dominion. If Calinthe plays her cards perfectly, she and Zakuro could escape Ophidia wealthier than either of them ever dreamed possible.

But if she plays them wrong…
…she’ll learn slavery in her pursuers’ hands is a fate far worse than death.

Blurb:

 “My secret would plunge the world into chaos.” “How much is it worth?”

Calinthe is an asexual dragonfly-person who was sent on a mission to find two missing men. She learns one of the men is from a species thought to be extinct, who had the misfortune of being captured in a matriarchal society where all non-women are enslaved. Though she maintains a disguise with help from her companion’s illusions, Calinthe is actually intersex. If her secret were to be discovered by the matriarchy, she would be enslaved as well.

Merchants of Knowledge and Magic is a standalone epic rainbow fantasy novel featuring aroace* friendships, a religion that forbids money, clever use of magic, and a fantastical world inhabited by nonhumans. It is the first book in the Merchants of the Pentagonal Dominion trilogy, three standalones that take place concurrently in the same world, but which can be read in any order.

Content warning provided by the author.

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