“The Society of Unknowable Objects” by Gareth Brown
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Rating: 4/5 Stars.
A fascinating book involving a Society set up to hide away magical Unknowable Objects to prevent them from being misused. They meet every six months, but it has been years since a magical object has been found: until now. Magda Sparks goes to get it, but she encounters a professional killer who has his own reasons for hunting magical objects. The result is a race between Magda (and her friends) and the killer for the objects.
And then, an unusual person with an affinity for magical objects steps into the story, a twist that reveals that the Society of Unknowable Objects that Magda knows is not what it seems. It also reveals the truth behind the magical objects and the unusual person: and Magda may be the only one who can prevent the world from being destroyed by magic, even if the solution is one that she does not like.
There is a link between this book and the author’s previous one, “The Book of Doors”, but it is hinted at when the source of the magical objects is revealed.
Book read from 2026/01/06 to 2026/01/08.