The Sermon of Loss
by J.H. Tomen
Dark FantasyAdded on April 18, 2026
Description
Winner of the Storytrade 2024 Award for Fantasy, this book is sure to delight!In The Sermon of Loss, magic is gifted by food, its use tightly controlled by the Masked Ones, state sorcerers who never show their faces – and pay an enormous price as they slowly starve to death, unable to eat the foods they once burned for magic.The story follows Teros, a gifted young magician attempting to keep himself free of the palace. Unfortunately, the High Priest is determined to capture him and sends 732, his most lethal magician, in pursuit. 732 has spent her life in service of the crown, taken from her family at five years old. But as she catches up to Teros, she’ll be forced to reckon with the basin’s secrets as well as her own.This well-constructed magic system will captivate new readers and fans of JH Tomen alike. Step into the adventure and discover the secrets of this sacred city.
Reader Reviews
I literally got this book for free on Amazon and yet the world building in this book is spectacular. Also Borash is SUCH a good character. AND I LOVE THE MAGIC. The whole system of how magic is drawn upon with foods and spirits is awesome
“The Sermon of Loss” by JH Tomen is one of those satisfying slow-build narratives whose puzzle pieces fit in seamlessly as the book blossoms. Teros, an eight-year-old and a low-level noble in the Zi’yun line, is an incredibly gifted boy with magic powers living in a state ruled by authoritarian principles. In a bid to be in the King’s good books, the High Priest, Keroes, sends his most obedient and destructive sorcerer, 732, to go after Teros, intending to sacrifice his soul to the gods and impa
"For once, it felt like he knew who he was, what he was meant to do."A very different tone from the author of The Shapewalker's Song. Where that series inspires hope by looking up to characters that might verge on literary idealization, characters that inhabit the Sermon of Loss feel extremely real. Their world is harsher, their stories are darker, but Tomen doesn't allow them (or us readers) to slide into despair, but unearths for each of them a more hardy and lasting form of hope that can
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