The witches blend their craft with technology in innovative ways, and Emyr is developing new programs and policies to bring Asalin into the modern era. He’s right, and he’s wrong.Įmyr, with the help of some rebellious witches, wants to reform Asalin into a more inclusive society. When Emyr shatters Wyatt’s protective bubble and demands he return to Asalin to complete their marriage contract, Wyatt believes he’s returning to a close-minded society stuck in outdated ideologies. He’s had relationships with other boys, and even a fleeting one with Briar, the daughter of the family that opened their home to him. Wyatt has been living mostly comfortably as a trans boy. All of these transitions have already begun when the book begins, but each are on different stages of their journey. Edgmon’s The Witch King is a story about transitions, not just of gender identity but of one’s sense of self, of relationships, of culture and community. With their support and protection, he is able to come out as trans. There, he eventually finds safety in a new found family of kind humans. In a fit of rage triggered by a violent assault, Wyatt burns part of Asalin to the ground, then flees to the human world.

For years, Wyatt stifled his growing anger, until he can’t any more. As a child, he was paired off with the heir apparent, Prince Emyr, and segregated from the other witches. His whole life he was told he was inferior, that his only value was as marriage material. Where the fae can do big, powerful nature magic, witchcraft must be taught and controlled. Witches are the “corrupted” and “abnormal” children of the fae. Born a witch in the kingdom of Asalin, a magical realm hidden inside our own, Wyatt was raised at the bottom of the social hierarchy.

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