The Shipwright and the Shroudweaver

Rafael Torrubia

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25 November 2025

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MEET YOUR NEXT EPIC FANTASY OBSESSION

No one remembers the calamity that killed the gods and stole the names of their people. Now Shipwright and Shroudweaver are known only by their professions.

She's a master of magical shipbuilding. He's a maker of the gilded gods that fuel their sails, stitched from the souls of dead sailors.

When a chance to save their world calls the veterans back to shore, they decide they'll stop at nothing to vanquish the ultimate evil, embarking on a deadly race against time to beat the grief-wracked sorceress known as Crowkisser to the notorious mountain kingdom in the legend-infested north before she unleashes the ancient power entombed at its heart - the one waiting to finish what it started.

The Shipwright and the Shroudweaver introduces a trail-blazing new voice in Scottish fantasy with an epic adventure of ancient gods, apocalyptic magic, and love that can survive the end of the world - unmissable for fans of The Will of the Many by James Islington, The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon, and Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson.

By: Rafael Torrubia
Imprint: MOA PRESS
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 232mm, Width: 154mm, Spine: 58mm
Weight: 940g
ISBN: 9781399623674
ISBN 10: 1399623672
Pages: 784
Publication Date: 25 November 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Rafael Torrubia grew up between Spain and Scotland. They have won several writing awards, including National Gallery of Scotland Writer of the Year, the Deirdre Roberts Prize and multiple shortlistings for the Bridport Prize. Previously, they taught protest history at the University of St Andrews and in Harlem, NYC. Like all recovering historians, they have worked in wine, whisky and the National Museum of Scotland. Rafael is currently Lead Reader with the Open Book charity, delivering writing workshops across Scotland. When not writing, they can be found enjoying a whisky, a muddy allotment or a dark river somewhere in Perthshire.

Reviews for The Shipwright and the Shroudweaver

A dark fairytale of epic proportions. Torrubia casts a spell with their poetic prose and portrays a strange, magical world full of complex and compelling characters * J.T. Greathouse, British Fantasy Award-nominated author of The Tower of the Tyrant * Rafael Torrubia pulls you along a dark, surreal, and hauntingly lovely dream over the high seas in this powerful debut fantasy. With prose that's lilting, seductive, and smooth, a story that pulls at your heartstrings like canvas and rope, and a magic as deep and sorrowful as it is fantastic and forbidden, The Shipwright and the Shroudweaver is a gothic love letter to high seas, deep love, and the epic stakes of a world at risk. The spirit of Poe infused with Samantha Shannon, and perfect for fans of both! * R.R. Virdi, USA Today-bestselling author of The First Binding *