Witchmark
Miles Singer survived the Laneeri War and came home to Aeland with magical talent he was never supposed to have. He hides inside the city's psychiatric hospital, treating shell-shocked soldiers under an assumed name, terrified that his powerful family will find him and force him back into the role of magical battery to his sister. When a poisoned journalist staggers into his ward with a warning and a charming, otherworldly stranger named Tristan Hunter follows the trail to his door, Miles finds himself pulled into a murder investigation that opens onto a national conspiracy. The mystery, the romance, and the family confrontation all build together.
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A closeted war-veteran doctor with hidden magic is pulled into a murder investigation and a slow-burn queer romance in an Edwardian-flavored fantasy kingdom.
Yes. C.L. Polk's Witchmark won the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel in 2019.
Yes. The Kingston Cycle continues with Stormsong and Soulstar.
Witchmark was written by C.L. Polk.
Witchmark is a standalone novel by C.L. Polk, not part of a series.
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