The Muckracker's Tale

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Of all the innovations introduced by Emily of Schooled in Magic, none had so immediate an effect as the printing press and the new alphabet, putting the power of the written words in the hands on anyone capable of memorising and learning to read a relative handful of letters and numbers. The concept of newsletters and suchlike was not altogether unknown on the Nameless World prior to Emily, but they were the domain of noblemen and magicians until the printing press unleashed a flurry of new broadsheets, ranging from serious newspapers to gutter tabloids. It was perhaps inevitable that someone would eventually start a school newsletter at Whitehall …

Chronologically speaking, The Muckraker’s Tale takes place between The Artful Apprentice and Oathkeeper, but you don’t have to have read any of the mainstream books to read and enjoy this novella.

This is the greatest story ever told.

Hyperbole, of course. But Dad always said a little hyperbole never hurt anyone and believe me, he should know. He was a broadsheet reporter before broadsheets were even invented and his job meant he had to keep himself employed by keeping his clients invested in his work. If that meant exaggerating a few details, he did it. And he had very few qualms about it as well

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