Fiction

unpublished Manuscript The River Thieves

Howl’s Moving Castle x Ocean’s Eleven

Longlisted for the Goldfinch Novel Award 2026, magic blends with mudlarking in The River Thieves. Young selectively mute thief Sam recruits a team of misfits and undertakes an impossible heist. He must break into the prison fortress on the abandoned south bank of the Thames. The goal? A banned book that holds the formula to unlocking the secrets of the river. Sam’s got to find it before the river destroys London.

So. No pressure, then.