Miro J. M.
Miro J. M. - Ordinary Monsters A Novel - Paperback
Miro J. M. - Ordinary Monsters A Novel - Paperback
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Description: National Bestseller * " Charles Dickens meets Joss Whedon in Miro's otherworldly Netflix - binge - like novel." The Washington Post MOST Anticipated SFF BOOK of 2022 by Tor The Nerd Daily Book Bub Philadelphia Inquirer Goodreads Crime Reads Buzzfeed Professional Book Nerds and more! BEST BOOK OF Summer 2022 by She Reads Book Riot Goodreads Gizmodo Daily Beast Paste Magazine and more! IN THIS Stunning Historical Fantasy journey to the Victorian era as children with mysterious powers are hunted by a figure of darkness in a battle of good vs. evil." Ordinary Monsters is a towering achievement: a dazzling mountain of wild invention Dickensian eccentrics supernatural horrors and gripping suspense. Be warned once you step into this penny dreadful to end all penny dreadfuls you'll never want to leave." Joe Hill #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Fireman and Heart - Shaped Box Charlie Ovid despite surviving a brutal childhood in Mississippi doesn't have a scar on him. His body heals itself whether he wants it to or not. Marlowe a foundling from a railway freight car shines with a strange bluish light. He can melt or mend flesh. When Alice Quicke a jaded detective with her own troubled past is recruited to escort them to safety all three begin a journey into the nature of difference and belonging and the shadowy edges of the monstrous. What follows is a story of wonder and betrayal from the gaslit streets of London and the wooden theaters of Meiji - era Tokyo to an eerie estate outside Edinburgh where other children with gifts like Komako a witch - child and twister of dust and Ribs a girl who cloaks herself in invisibility are forced to combat the forces that threaten their safety. There the world of the dead and the world of the living threaten to collide. With this new found family Komako Marlowe Charlie Ribs and the rest of the Talents discover the truth about their abilities. And as secrets within the Institute unfurl a new question arises: What truly defines a monster? Riveting in its scope exquisitely written Ordinary Monsters presents a catastrophic vision of the Victorian world and of the gifted broken children who must save it.
Title: Ordinary Monsters A Novel
Author(s): Miro J. M.
Publisher: Flatiron Books
Barcode: 9781250833679
Pages: 672 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 7/11/2023
Series: The Talents
Category: Fantasy
Description: National Bestseller * " Charles Dickens meets Joss Whedon in Miro's otherworldly Netflix - binge - like novel." The Washington Post MOST Anticipated SFF BOOK of 2022 by Tor The Nerd Daily Book Bub Philadelphia Inquirer Goodreads Crime Reads Buzzfeed Professional Book Nerds and more! BEST BOOK OF Summer 2022 by She Reads Book Riot Goodreads Gizmodo Daily Beast Paste Magazine and more! IN THIS Stunning Historical Fantasy journey to the Victorian era as children with mysterious powers are hunted by a figure of darkness in a battle of good vs. evil." Ordinary Monsters is a towering achievement: a dazzling mountain of wild invention Dickensian eccentrics supernatural horrors and gripping suspense. Be warned once you step into this penny dreadful to end all penny dreadfuls you'll never want to leave." Joe Hill #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Fireman and Heart - Shaped Box Charlie Ovid despite surviving a brutal childhood in Mississippi doesn't have a scar on him. His body heals itself whether he wants it to or not. Marlowe a foundling from a railway freight car shines with a strange bluish light. He can melt or mend flesh. When Alice Quicke a jaded detective with her own troubled past is recruited to escort them to safety all three begin a journey into the nature of difference and belonging and the shadowy edges of the monstrous. What follows is a story of wonder and betrayal from the gaslit streets of London and the wooden theaters of Meiji - era Tokyo to an eerie estate outside Edinburgh where other children with gifts like Komako a witch - child and twister of dust and Ribs a girl who cloaks herself in invisibility are forced to combat the forces that threaten their safety. There the world of the dead and the world of the living threaten to collide. With this new found family Komako Marlowe Charlie Ribs and the rest of the Talents discover the truth about their abilities. And as secrets within the Institute unfurl a new question arises: What truly defines a monster? Riveting in its scope exquisitely written Ordinary Monsters presents a catastrophic vision of the Victorian world and of the gifted broken children who must save it.
Title: Ordinary Monsters A Novel
Author(s): Miro J. M.
Publisher: Flatiron Books
Barcode: 9781250833679
Pages: 672 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 7/11/2023
Series: The Talents
Category: Fantasy
