Allies will become enemies.
Enemies will become allies.
And the Dark Lord is waiting.

The church of Armes of the Light has long fought the forces of Darkness. And its great prophecy dictates that Dark Lord Darvezian will fall to a band of misfits armed with their wits and the Lights blessing, and led by a priestess. But to reach the Dark Lord via the spiders path, as the prophecy states, theyll need a spider. Theyll discover that not even the power of sorcery can disguise the grotesque creatures true and appalling nature, nor its unwillingness to be part of their quest.

As priestess, mage, knight, ranger, and rogue squabble their way through a journey fraught with peril, they question whether the creature called Nth is a monster, a tool or a friend. And ahead lies a mighty confrontation. If they can survive it, it will change all their worlds forever.

Spiderlightis an exhilarating fantasy quest from Adrian Tchaikovsky, the author ofChildren of Time,Guns of the Dawnand the Shadows of the Apt series.

Praise forSpiderlight

Tchaikovsky gives us sympathetic characters, real moral dilemmas, and emotional depth, all shot through with a sly humor that kept me grinning throughout Django Wexler, author ofHow to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying

A joy from beginning to end Paul Cornell, author of the Witches of Lychford series

Spiderlightis a great fantasy read from one of the UKs growing creators of world-class genre storytelling Starburst Magazine