Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly meme, hosted by Jill at Breaking The Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we’re eagerly anticipating.

This week I am waiting on
The Last Magician by Lisa Maxwell

Publication Date: April 25th 2017

Goodreads Summary
Stop the Magician.
Steal the book.
Save the future. 

In modern day New York, magic is all but extinct. The remaining few who have an affinity for magic—the Mageus—live in the shadows, hiding who they are. Any Mageus who enters Manhattan becomes trapped by the Brink, a dark energy barrier that confines them to the island. Crossing it means losing their power—and often their lives.

Tessa is a talented thief, and she’s been raised to steal magical artifacts from the sinister Order that created the Brink. With her innate ability to manipulate time, Tessa can pilfer from the past, collecting these artifacts before the Order even realizes she’s there. And all of Tessa’s training has been for one final job: traveling back to 1901 to steal an ancient book containing the secrets of the Order—and the Brink—before the Magician can destroy it and doom the Mageus to a hopeless future.

But Old New York is a dangerous world ruled by ruthless gangs and secret societies, a world where the very air crackles with magic. Nothing is as it seems, including the Magician himself. And for Tessa to save her future, she may have to betray everyone in the past.

Stop the Magician. Steal the book. Save the future. Those three lines grabbed me from the get-go. You have magic and time manipulation which, in my book, is an epic combination. No doubt Tessa is going to run into a world of trouble and I am excited to see what trouble she gets up to and how she copes with the choices she’ll have to make for the sake of her future. 

What’s your most anticipated book?