Author: Gareth Brown

The Society of Unknowable Objects by Gareth Brown Genres: Adult, British Literature, Fantasy, Magic, Urban Fantasy, Magical Realism Published by Bantam on August 11, 2025 Format: Hardcover, Special Edition Pages: 352 Source: Goldsboro Books The world of unknowable objects – magical items that most people have no idea possess powers – has been quiet for decades . . .  But three current members of a secret society have remained watchful, meeting every six months in the basement of a bookshop in London. They are pledged to protect their archive of magical items hidden away, safe from the outside world – and keep the world safe from them. But when Frank Simpson, the longest-standing member of the Society of Unknowable Objects, hears of a new artefact coming to light in Hong Kong, he sends the Society’s newest member, author Magda Sparks, to investigate.  Within hours of arriving in Hong Kong, Magda is facing death and danger, confronted by a professional killer who seems to know all about unknowable objects, specifically one that was stolen from him a decade before. Magda is forced to flee, using an artefact that not even the rest of the Society knows about.  Returning to London, Magda …

The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown Genres: Adult, Adventure, Contemporary Fiction, Fantasy, Fiction, Magic, Time Travel Published by William Morrow on February 12, 2024 Format: eBook Pages: 413 Source: Goldsboro Books If you could open a door to anywhere, where would you go?  In New York City, bookseller Cassie Andrews is living an unassuming life when she is given a gift by a favourite customer. It’s a book – an unusual book, full of strange writing and mysterious drawings. And at the very front there is a handwritten message to Cassie, telling her that this is the Book of Doors, and that any door is every door.  What Cassie is about to discover is that the Book of Doors is a special book that bestows an extraordinary powers on whoever possesses it, and soon she and her best friend Izzy are exploring all that the Book of Doors can do, swept away from their quiet lives by the possibilities of travelling to anywhere they want.  But the Book of Doors is not the only magical book in the world. There are other books that can do wondrous and dreadful things when wielded by dangerous and ruthless individuals – individuals …