Sorcerer to the Crown

Magic and mayhem clash with the British elite in this whimsical and sparkling debut.
 
The Royal Society of Unnatural Philosophers maintains the magic within
His Majesty’s lands. But lately, the once proper institute has fallen
into disgrace, naming an altogether unsuitable gentleman as their
Sorcerer Royal and allowing England’s  stores of magic to bleed dry. At
least they haven’t stooped so low as to allow women to practice what is
obviously a man’s profession…
 
At his wit’s end, Zacharias
Wythe, Sorcerer Royal of the Unnatural Philosophers, ventures to the
border of Fairyland to discover why England’s magical stocks are drying
up, an adventure that brings him in contact with Prunella Gentlewoman, a
woman with immense power and an unfathomable gift, and sets him on a
path which will alter the nature of sorcery in all of Britain—and the
world at large…