Angry Robot
The Splendid City
The Splendid City
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A genre-blending story of modern witchcraft, a police state and WTF characters, for fans of Alice Hoffman and Madeline Miller.
-- In the state of Liberty, water is rationed at alarming prices, free speech is hardly without a cost, and Texas has just declared itself its own country. In this society, paranoia is well-suited because eyes and ears are all around, and they are judging. Always judging. This terrifying (and yet somehow vaguely familiar) terrain is explored via Eleanor - a young woman eagerly learning about the gifts of her magic through the support of her coven. But being a white witch is not as easy as they portray it in the books, and she's already been placed under 'house arrest' with a letch named Stan, a co-worker who wronged her in the past and now exists in the form of a cat. A talking cat who loves craft beers, picket lines, and duping and 'shooting' people. Eleanor has no time for Stan and his shenanigans, because she finds herself helping another coven locate a missing witch which she thinks is mysteriously linked to the shortage of water in Liberty.
Author: Karen Heuler
Publisher: Angry Robot
Published: 06/14/2022
Pages: 400
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.35h x 5.28w x 0.87d
ISBN: 9780857669858
Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 04/04/2022
Booklist 04/22/2022
-- In the state of Liberty, water is rationed at alarming prices, free speech is hardly without a cost, and Texas has just declared itself its own country. In this society, paranoia is well-suited because eyes and ears are all around, and they are judging. Always judging. This terrifying (and yet somehow vaguely familiar) terrain is explored via Eleanor - a young woman eagerly learning about the gifts of her magic through the support of her coven. But being a white witch is not as easy as they portray it in the books, and she's already been placed under 'house arrest' with a letch named Stan, a co-worker who wronged her in the past and now exists in the form of a cat. A talking cat who loves craft beers, picket lines, and duping and 'shooting' people. Eleanor has no time for Stan and his shenanigans, because she finds herself helping another coven locate a missing witch which she thinks is mysteriously linked to the shortage of water in Liberty.
Author: Karen Heuler
Publisher: Angry Robot
Published: 06/14/2022
Pages: 400
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.35h x 5.28w x 0.87d
ISBN: 9780857669858
Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 04/04/2022
Booklist 04/22/2022
