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ISBN:
9781250833747
Series Statement:
The Talents
Content:
" NATIONAL BESTSELLER * Charles Dickens meets Joss Whedon in Miro's otherworldly Netflix-binge-like novel.8212 The Washington PostMOST ANTICIPATED SFF BOOK of 2022 by Tor, The Nerd Daily, BookBub, Philadelphia Inquirer, Goodreads, CrimeReads, Buzzfeed, Professional Book Nerds , and more! BEST BOOK OF SUMMER 2022 by SheReads, 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. 8212 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 gifts8212 like Komako, a witch-child and twister of dust, and Ribs, a girl who cloaks herself in invisibility8212 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 world8212 and of the gifted, broken children who must save it. "
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Biographisches: " J. M. Miro lives and writes in the Pacific Northwest." Rezension(2): " BookPage :Miro intersperses crucial flashbacks to characters' backstories during intense moments, creating a gleeful and maddening ride between the past and the present as each character's arc is explored in full detail... Miro cleverly adapts beloved fantasy tropes and swirls them into Ordinary Monsters , a book about life and death, magic and monstrosities, with plenty of mysteries for readers to solve. " Rezension(3): "〈a href=http://lj.libraryjournal.com/ target=blank〉〈img src=https://images.contentreserve.com/libraryjournal_logo.png alt=Library Journal border=0 /〉〈/a〉: January 1, 2022 In 1882 London, two children with unexplained powers--the self-healing Charlie and foundling Marlowe, who can mend damaged flesh or melt it--join a crew of Talents at a school in Scotland, escorted by a female detective soon to be shocked out of her indifference. At the school, the worlds of the living and the dead abide uneasily, and the children have monsters to face. A series launch with a jaw-dropping 500,000-copy first printing. Copyright 2022 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission. " Rezension(4): "〈a href=http://www.publishersweekly.com target=blank〉〈img src=https://images.contentreserve.com/pw_logo.png alt=Publisher's Weekly border=0 /〉〈/a〉: February 28, 2022 Miro debuts with a sweeping historical fantasy that takes readers on an epic, continent-spanning journey, but the intricately constructed world and engaging characters don’t quite make up for the plot’s bleakness. When teenage Eliza, fleeing her abusive employer in Victorian England, discovers an infant glowing blue in the gloom of a freight car, she adopts the baby and names him Marlowe. The tale widens its scope with each subsequent chapter, but Marlowe remains central, as good and evil forces seek to harness his inexplicable powers. The labyrinthine plot risks becoming convoluted, but Miro retains masterful control over the details throughout. Marlowe and the diverse group of companions he accumulates—including other mysteriously powered children like him—are fascinating and easy to care about, and the prose shifts nimbly from thrilling fight scenes to quiet moments of connection. The world, however, is painfully austere, largely lacking in joy or even comfort, so much so that reading can feel like a slog despite the well-maintained pace. Still, readers who can stomach the grimness will be richly rewarded." Rezension(5): "〈a href=https://www.booklistonline.com target=blank〉〈img src=https://images.contentreserve.com/booklist_logo.png alt=Booklist border=0 /〉〈/a〉: April 1, 2022 This chunky fantasy tome marks the beginning of a trilogy that continues the tradition of magical, Victorian-inspired worlds. Mr. Coulton and Alice Quicke are detectives tasked with finding children with Talents and bringing them back to learn and find shelter at the Cairndale Institute. These include Charles Ovid, a Black teen of the American South, whose body can heal any wound, and Marlowe, a boy with mysterious origins who shines with a bright, blue light. But a murderous figure made of dark smoke is chasing them, empowered by a terrifying underworld creature, determined to set the dead loose on the world by murdering children with Talents. Miro's debut has a fascinating magical system--it's rooted in the ability to manipulate dead cells, in the human body or in the air--and satisfying moments of tense suspense and frightening monsters. The characters are convincing, and readers will be quickly drawn into the narrative. While the book is long for the first in a trilogy, the unfurling of the story and the vivid cinematic quality of the world and its magic will appeal to classic-fantasy lovers. HIGH-DEMAND BACKSTORY: With a 500k print run, expect lots of publicity for this fantasy debut. COPYRIGHT(2022) Booklist, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. " Rezension(6): "〈a href=http://www.kirkusreviews.com target=blank〉〈img src=https://images.contentreserve.com/kirkus_logo.png alt=Kirkus border=0 /〉〈/a〉: May 1, 2022 In Victorian London, two foundling boys with unusual talents find themselves at the center of an ancient battle between the worlds of the living and the dead. Charlie Ovid is a 16-year-old mixed-race orphan in Reconstruction-era Mississippi who has been convicted of murdering a White man. So far, he has been executed three times for his crime, but in spite of the nightly beatings inflicted upon him ever since, Charlie remains physically unscathed, his uncanny healing power a mystery even to himself. Marlowe is another orphan, found as a baby gently glowing in a freight train at a dead woman's breast and raised by two adopted mother figures, the timid Eliza and the muscular, tattooed Brynt. The shining boy, as he comes to be called, is raised in the slums of London and then as part of a sideshow act in a traveling circus crisscrossing the American heartlands. His origins, his powers, and his fate are as much mysteries to him as Charlie's cycle of suffering and healing, until they're each visited by Frank Coulton and Alice Quicke, a detective duo employed to find remarkable children like Charlie and Marlowe and bring them back to the mysterious Cairndale Institute in the far north of Scotland, where they will be protected and trained in the uses of their powers. Cairndale, a labyrinthine manor house on the shores of a dark, fathomless loch, turns out to be as full of secrets as the children themselves, and Charlie and Marlowe--along with a Japanese dustworker named Komako,Ribs, the invisible girl,and shy Oskar and the flesh giant Lymenion who sleeps under his bed--must unravel the true motives of their inscrutable guardian, Dr. Henry Berghast, before Jacob Marber, a figure of tremendous power who used to be an unusual child just like them, can tear apart the seal between the worlds of the living and the dead. A fast-paced novel whose action and intrigue make short work of its daunting page count, this tome is clearly set up to be Book 1 of a larger series. However, while the world is intricate and the characters finely drawn, there is such a sheer volume of people, plotlines, backstories, and lore being introduced that the autonomy of the novel itself suffers. Epic in scope and size, this book sets itself up for many sequels to come. COPYRIGHT(2022) Kirkus Reviews, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. "
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