Beautifully characterised and compellingly plotted, Gilded Cage is an impressive debut -- Guardian on Gilded CageIt?s smart, engrossing and incredibly snappily written, with so many compelling characters and pulse-quickening situations that the whole book just flies by. We apologise for the cliché, but it is that good -- SciFiNow on Gilded CageA dark and intriguing vision of an alternate, magic-drenched Britain, Gilded Cage kept me way up into the night -- Aliette de BodardA dazzling addition to the growing genre of alternative historical fiction, James?s first novel has the added bonus of compelling page-turnability -- Daily Mail on Gilded CageDevious and deliciously dark with lashings of magic, mystery and mayhem, this juggernaut of a book will keep you hanging on by your fingernails until the very last page -- Taran Matharu on Gilded CageMs. James writes with the skill of someone who has been an author for decades. I was blown away by how beautiful the prose was . . . In the end I was left emotionally spent and wanting another book to read immediately -- Fantasy Book Review on Gilded CageGilded Cage is an unputdownable story . . . it?s truly a gem -- Fantasy Faction Biografía del autor Vic James is a current affairs TV director who loves stories in all their forms. Her programmes for BBC1 have covered the 2016 US presidential election and Britain's EU referendum. She has also twice judged The Guardian's Not the Booker Prize. Gilded Cage is her first novel, and an early draft won a major online award from Wattpad for most talked about Fantasy. She has lived in Rome, Tokyo, and now London.