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Title: Explora Books to Showcase William Sandberg-Maitland’s The Golden Codex at London Book Fair

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 11th Feb 2026 - The Golden Codex is a work that rewards attention. Rather than racing through events, it builds meaning through language, ritual, and accumulated consequence. Sandberg’s writing is careful and deliberate, inviting readers to sit with ideas rather than skim past them. The novel is less concerned with spectacle than with systems—of power, of knowledge, of obligation—and how individuals are shaped by them over time.At the center of the book is a sustained inquiry into freedom and ownership. Characters exist under rules they did not design, bound by claims that operate beyond the visible and the immediate. Knowledge is never abstract; it has weight, cost, and risk. To learn something true is to accept that it may change what can never be restored. These concerns give the novel a steady gravity, even in its quieter moments.One of the book’s defining strengths is its treatment of transformation. Change here is not sudden or decorative. It unfolds through training, secrecy, and loss. Language itself becomes a tool and a boundary, shaping what can be known and who is permitted to know it. Gold, recurring throughout the novel, functions less as wealth than as a philosophical material—linked to memory, endurance, and permanence.Sandberg’s style is precise without being cold. The prose avoids excess and trusts the reader to stay present. Familiar genre markers are used sparingly and often reworked, creating a story that feels structured rather than formulaic. Relationships develop slowly, and loyalty is rarely simple. Even moments of connection carry uncertainty, shaped by pressures that extend far beyond the personal.The display of The Golden Codex at the London Book Fair places the novel in conversation with readers who v...

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