New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Seanan McGuire introduces readers to a world of amoral alchemy, shadowy organizations, and impossible cities in this standalone fantasy.
Seanan 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.
"McGuire has an uncanny knack for taking the worst things that lurk
in the shadows and weaving them into an absolute delight."--Becky
Chambers "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 "This is a fascinating novel by an author of
consummate skill."--Publishers Weekly, starred review "Satisfying
on all levels of the reading experience: thrilling, emotionally
resonant, and cerebral."
--Kirkus Reviews, starred review "McGuire sets a high bar for
alchemy-based stories in this new standalone, 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, starred review "An excellent
recommendation for those who enjoyed Lev Grossman's The Magicians
and Lauren Oliver's Replica."--School Library Journal, starred
review "[A]n ambitious piece of world building from a master of the
craft . . . thoroughly engaging."--Booklist "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 "This is a tricky book to pull off, no doubt about it.
But that trickery is pulled off with the kind of aplomb that has
become one of McGuire's great skills. What a story to read (and
re-read). If you've got a love for fantasy, you should read
Middlegame."--Entertainment Weekly's Cultures "Imaginatively
conceived, carefully constructed, fantastically written ... another
delightful and captivating outing from Seanan
McGuire."--bookreporter "An excellent recommendation for those who
enjoyed Lev Grossman's The Magicians and Lauren Oliver's
Replica."--School Library Journal "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
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