The Mislaid Magician: Or, Ten Years After

Patricia C. Wrede · Caroline Stevermer

Jan 2021 · Cecelia and Kate Book 3 · Tantor Media Inc · Narrated by Lucy Rayner

About this audiobook

Family affairs don't stop cousins Cecelia and Kate from their magical duties in Regency England It's been a decade since Kate and Cecelia foiled Napoleon's plot to reclaim the French crown. The cousins now have estates, children, and a place at the height of wizarding society. It is 1828, and though magic remains at the heart of the British Empire, a new power has begun to make itself felt across England: the steam engine. As iron tracks crisscross the countryside, the shaking of the locomotives begins to disrupt the workings of English magic, threatening the very foundations of the Empire. A foreign wizard on a diplomatic mission to England vanishes, and the Prime Minister sends Cecelia's husband to investigate. In order to accompany her husband to the north of England, Cecelia leaves her children in Kate's care. As Cecelia and James fight for the future of magic, Kate is left with a no less daunting problem: how to care for a gaggle of disobedient, spell-casting tots.

About the author

For over twenty years, Patricia C. Wrede has expanded the boundaries of young-adult fantasy writing. Her novels include the Enchanted Forest Chronicles; the Cecelia and Kate series, cowritten with Caroline Stevermer; the Mairelon series; and the Old-West Frontier Magic series.

Caroline Stevermer is known for her historical fantasy novels for young adults. She published her first book, The Alchemist, in 1981, and is coauthor, with Patricia C. Wrede, of the Cecelia and Kate series. Stevermer's other novels include River Rats, A College of Magics, and Magic Below Stairs.

Lucy Rayner is an award-winning British actress who has worked on both sides of the Atlantic in a number of theater productions and films, many of which have screened at festivals around the world. She loves to tell stories and has narrated many wonderful audiobooks.