And in the British colony of Jamaica, an enslaved woman named Fina discovers she is a powerful magician as she fights against the magic used to prevent slaves from revolting. Maximilien Robespierre, a provincial, French lawyer with a strong sense of right and wrong chafes against the increasingly tyrannical rule of the french monarchy. William Pitt, the future prime minister of Britain, must hide who he really is for fear of reprisal. The novel begins as William Wilberforce, who would become a key figure in the drive to abolish slavery, is searching for a cause to dedicate his life to. And the sense that people should have the right to practice their own magic freely is growing.Ī DECLARATION OF THE RIGHTS OF MAGICIANS follows several prominent figures through the events of the last turbulent years of the 18th century. Europe lives under the fear of another Vampire War, like the one that devastated that continent 300 years ago. In Parry’s past, “commoner” magicians are prevented from using their magic with heavy silver bracelets, monitored by the Knights Templar. A DECLARATION OF THE RIGHTS OF MAGICIANS explores the ways that magic might have intertwined with slavery, trade, and politics during the political upheaval of the 1790s.
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