Author: Stephanie Feldman
Publisher: Verve Books
ISBN: 9780857308399
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Get Book Here
Book Description
Doors open at 7. The sacrifice is at 9. The dress code is, as usual, black tie. It's the winter solstice in a Philadelphia that has been eroded by extreme weather, economic collapse, and disease-carrying mosquitoes. The Saturnalia carnival is about to begin, an evening on which reality is suspended, and troubles forgotten. For tarot reader Nina, Saturnalia is simply a cruel reminder of the night that changed everything for her -- the night she walked away from the elite Saturn Club, with its genteel debauchery, arcane pecking order, and winking interest in alchemy and the occult. But when she gets a chance call from Max, her last remaining friend from the Saturn Club, Nina will put on a dress of blackest black and attend the Club's wild solstice masquerade, the biggest party of the year, on a mysterious errand she can't refuse. Before the night is over, she will become the custodian of a horrifying secret -- and prey to a mysterious hunter. 'A heady mix of the most terrifying elements of our troubled past and inevitable future; an eerie, propulsive novel' -- Carmen Maria Machado 'What a stunner of a book! I couldn't put it down! If an elegy was a song of hope, it might be this book, and it's haunted me in all the best ways since I finished it' -- Hazel Beck, author of Small Town, Big Magic 'Tense and suspenseful, Saturnalia features strong world-building and a fully realized heroine...It will appeal to fans of Leigh Bardugo's Ninth House, while the book may also draw in readers of climate horror such as Omar El Akkad's American War or Jeff VanderMeer's Southern Reach trilogy' -- Booklist 'A twisted, ethereal dispatch from a climate change point of no return...It exposes the dark sides of glamour and the blind spots of dark magic...A piquant, eerie, and alarming tale' -- Foreword, starred review 'The story features moments of bizarre, distressing cruelty and occasional gore, but it's grounded in themes of belonging, friendship, and the potential costs of ambition. Feldman brings impressive richness and depth to both Nina's emotional evolution and the masterful worldbuilding. This is sure to win the author many fans' -- Publishers Weekly 'Bewitching...The novel's pacing is electric, its world-building seamless, and the magic that slowly reveals itself feels truly strange and captivating -- a considerable feat. A propulsive fantasy thriller about fortune-seeking at the end of the world that will leave you wanting more' -- Kirkus Reviews
Author: Gemma Gorga
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781947817340
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Get Book Here
Book Description
The first book in the inaugural series Malinda A. Markham Memorial Translation Prize, Late to the House of Words: Selected Poems of Gemma Gorga brings together in one volume poems from six of this contemporary Catalan poet's books, introduced, selected, and translated by the award-winning American poet and translator Sharon Dolin. In this bilingual edition, readers will become acquainted with the breadth of Gorga's work in lineated verse, which spans more than twenty years. Readers of her book of prose poems, Book of Minutes, also translated by Dolin, will find all of Gorga's preoccupations--with language, with metaphysics, with poetry's dance between word and silence--expanded here in poems that are as limpid yet intricate as the work of Jane Hirshfield. Translated from Catalan, a European language that has a long history of fraught political implications for those who use it, this is a necessary book.
Author: Kimberly O'Connor
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781947817302
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Get Book Here
Book Description
Author: Lindsey Davis
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312945954
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Get Book Here
Book Description
It’s 76 A.D. during the reign of Vespasian and the Roman festival of Saturnalia is getting underway. The days are short; the nights are for wild parties. But not for “informer” Marcus Didius Falco. His job is to uncover unwelcome truths and deal with sensitive situations, frequently at the behest of the imperial government. So when a general’s famous female conquest escapes from house arrest—leaving a horrendous murder in her wake—Falco is on the case. If finding a fugitive isn’t enough of a Zeus-like headache, Falco’s wife Helena Justina’s brother has also gone missing. Against the riotous backdrop of the season of misrule and merriment, the search seems impossible. And Falco seems to be the only one who notices that some dark agency is bringing death to the city streets…
Author: John Maddox Roberts
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312320188
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Get Book Here
Book Description
"Quintus Caecilius Metellus Celer, a relative of Decius and his family and the head of a powerful political clan, has been poisoned, and his infamous wife Clodia is immediately suspected of disposing of her rather inconvenient husband. Not entirely convinced of Clodia's guilt, Decius delves into the intricacies of Rome's ruling class and discovers that a clandestine, forbidden witches' cult is inextricably intertwined with some very highborn people. A trial for Clodia would be most unwelcome, as it could bring to light some well-kept secrets. To get to the bottom of the corruption that accompanies the intoxicating allure of this ancient city, Decius must form an uneasy alliance with Clodius, Clodia's brother and his sworn enemy, and be extremely careful not to step on any toes."--BOOK JACKET.
Author: Sandra Simonds
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780991545490
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Get Book Here
Book Description
Steal It Back takes on the powers that be, heralding the dawn of a revolution
Author: Lara Glenum
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780981859149
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Get Book Here
Book Description
A new anthology of wicked, subversive young women poets
Author: Grant Callin
Publisher: Baen Books
ISBN: 9780671655464
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Get Book Here
Book Description
Author: Hadara Bar-Nadav
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780983368663
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Get Book Here
Book Description
"2012 Saturnalia Books Poetry Prize selected by Lynn Emanuel"--Cover.
Author: Stephanie Rogers
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781947817326
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Get Book Here
Book Description
