James and Jones

Somewhere in the Patchwork — a world of floating towns, glitter-lit bars, and rules that bend when no one is watching — there is a shop that most people walk past without a second glance. The signage is baffling. The goldfish is doing something physically impossible. And the not-so-receptionist has opinions about everything.

James and Jones handles problems that shouldn't exist. Jay and Jo didn't ask for the work, the titles, or the escalating strangeness — but the Patchwork has a way of not taking no for an answer.

Witty, atmospheric, and built from layers that reward attention, the James and Jones series is for readers who loved the imagination of Howl's Moving Castle, the quiet strangeness of Piranesi, or the literary invention of Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell — and are ready for something entirely its own.