The Angel of the Crows
Jun 2020 · Tor Books
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Katherine Addison, author of The Goblin Emperor, returns with The Angel of the Crows, a fantasy novel of alternate 1880s London, where killers stalk the night and the ultimate power is naming.
This is not the story you think it is. These are not the characters you think they are. This is not the book you are expecting.
In an alternate 1880s London, angels inhabit every public building, and vampires and werewolves walk the streets with human beings in a well-regulated truce. A fantastic utopia, except for a few things: Angels can Fall, and that Fall is like a nuclear bomb in both the physical and metaphysical worlds. And human beings remain human, with all their kindness and greed and passions and murderous intent.
Jack the Ripper stalks the streets of this London too. But this London has an Angel. The Angel of the Crows.
At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
This is not the story you think it is. These are not the characters you think they are. This is not the book you are expecting.
In an alternate 1880s London, angels inhabit every public building, and vampires and werewolves walk the streets with human beings in a well-regulated truce. A fantastic utopia, except for a few things: Angels can Fall, and that Fall is like a nuclear bomb in both the physical and metaphysical worlds. And human beings remain human, with all their kindness and greed and passions and murderous intent.
Jack the Ripper stalks the streets of this London too. But this London has an Angel. The Angel of the Crows.
At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
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4.3
6 reviews
Abra Staffin-Wiebe
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27 July 2020
A book of paranormal Sherlockian mysteries, incl. Jack the Ripper because why not. The paranormal creatures--angels (bound, hiveminded, or Fallen), demons, vampires, and hellhounds--are fascinatingly unique. So is the take on Sherlock (an unstable angel named Crow) and Watson (wounded/tainted veteran of the war against the Fallen, and so much more, Doyle). The first mystery is beat-for-beat Sherlock, but keep reading. Recommended for Holmesians and those who love intricate, unique fantasy worldbuilding. I hope there are more books forthcoming with these characters.
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About the author
KATHERINE ADDISON’s short fiction has been selected by The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror and The Year’s Best Science Fiction. As Sarah Monette, she is the author of the Doctrine of Labyrinths series and the Locus Award-winning novel The Goblin Emperor; and co-author, with Elizabeth Bear, of the Iskryne series. She lives near Madison, Wisconsin.
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