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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Seanan McGuirePublisher: St Martin's Press Imprint: Tor Books Dimensions: Width: 14.10cm , Height: 4.20cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.627kg ISBN: 9781250195524ISBN 10: 1250195527 Pages: 528 Publication Date: 01 June 2019 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsReviewsSatisfying on all levels of the reading experience: thrilling, emotionally resonant, and cerebral. --Kirkus, starred review This is a fascinating novel by an author of consummate skill. --Publishers Weekly, starred review [A]n ambitious piece of world building from a master of the craft . . . thoroughly engaging. --Booklist McGuire sets a high bar for alchemy-based stories in this new stand-alone, twisting themes of time and space as seen through the eyes of children. . . . This singular work keeps readers thinking long after the final page. --Library Journal Roger and Dodger are the heart of this story. They're its pulse and purpose -- these two supernaturally gifted kids who come off like kids. And this is the greatest trick McGuire pulls here ... It's the kind of book where you want to reach into the page just to help them out, to warn them of what's coming. It blossoms. --NPR Satisfying on all levels of the reading experience: thrilling, emotionally resonant, and cerebral. --Kirkus, starred review Imaginatively conceived, carefully constructed, fantastically written ... another delightful and captivating outing from Seanan McGuire. --bookreporter This is a fascinating novel by an author of consummate skill. --Publishers Weekly, starred review [Middlegame] deserves to be re-read because it's just that good... If you've got a love for fantasy, you should read Middlegame. --Culturess [A]n ambitious piece of world building from a master of the craft . . . thoroughly engaging. --Booklist McGuire sets a high bar for alchemy-based stories in this new stand-alone, twisting themes of time and space as seen through the eyes of children. . . . This singular work keeps readers thinking long after the final page. --Library Journal This tragic, triumphant novel, will break your brain and your heart... the finest work to date from an author of consistently fine works. --B&N Sci-Fi & Fantasy Blog An excellent recommendation for those who enjoyed Lev Grossman's The Magicians and Lauren Oliver's Replica. --School Library Journal *starred* review Readers should come for the tightly constructed world and stay for the pleasure of watching the twins choose each other, come what may. --Shelf Awareness Author InformationSeanan McGuire is the author of the Hugo, Nebula, Alex and Locus Award-winning Wayward Children series, the October Daye series, the InCryptid series, and other works. She also writes darker fiction as Mira Grant. Seanan lives in Seattle with her cats, a vast collection of creepy dolls, horror movies, and sufficient books to qualify her as a fire hazard. She won the 2010 John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, and in 2013 became the first person to appear five times on the same Hugo ballot. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |