Special thanks to Jon Oliver, Michael Rowley and Kate Coe for helping me hurl this novel out into the cosmos, and to Shawna McCarthy, Giuseppe Granieri and Letizia Sechi for going out on a limb with the original stories that spawned it.
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Find out more about the author at graham-edwards.com
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
GRAHAM EDWARDS is the critically acclaimed author of multiple novels, and short fiction, including the British Fantasy Award-shortlisted Ultimate Dragon Saga, and the Nebula Award-longlisted “Girl in Pieces”, part of his String City Mysteries series. Born near Glastonbury Tor and now living in Nottingham, Graham has worked as a graphic designer and animator, scriptwriter and multimedia producer for theme parks, and is currently senior staff writer at Cinefex magazine, the journal of cinematic illusions, where he researches and writes in-depth articles about motion picture visual effects.
Captain Jim Wedderburn has looks, style and courage. He’s adored by women, respected by men and feared by his enemies. He’s the man to fi nd out who has twisted London into this strange new world.
But in Dream London the city changes a little every night and the people change a little every day. The towers are growing taller, the parks have hidden themselves away and the streets form themselves into strange new patterns.
There are people sailing in from new lands down the river, new criminals emerging in the East End and a path spiraling down to another world.
Everyone is changing, no one is who they seem to be.
‘A real feat of the imagination, this is a really exceptional book, unlike anything I’ve ever read before.’
Chris Beckett
‘As strange and unclassifiable a novel as it’s possible to imagine, and a marvellous achievement.’
The Financial Times
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Paris was supposed to save Hallie. Now… well, let’s just say Paris has other ideas.
There’s a strange woman called The Chronometrist who will not leave her alone. Garbled warnings from bizarre creatures keep her up at night. And there’s a time portal in the keg room of the bar where she works.
Soon, Hallie is tumbling through the turbulent past and future Paris, making friends, changing the world—and falling in love.
But with every trip, Hallie loses a little of herself, and every infinitesimal change she makes ripples through time, until the future she’s trying to save suddenly looks nothing like what she hoped for…
“A high-flying novel of love and peril—sheer page-turning entertainment that hooked me with its wit from the first sentence.”
Helen Marshall, World Fantasy Award-winning author of Gifts for the One Who Comes After
“A glittering novel of time travel that you’ll want to devour like a mille-feuille in one single bite. I loved it.”
Lavie Tidhar, World Fantasy Award-winning author of A Man Lies Dreaming and Central Station
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Gods. Gore. Good Food.
By day, Rupert Wong—sorcerer, chef, former triad—prepares delicious meals of human flesh for a dynasty of ghouls in Kuala Lumpur; by night, he’s an administrator for the Ten Chinese Hells. It’s a living, of sorts.
When the Dragon of the South demands that Rupert investigate the murders of his daughter and her mortal husband, Rupert is caught in a war between gods that’s as bewildering as it is bloody.
If he’s going to survive, he’ll need to stay sharp, stay lucky, and always read the fine print...
“My favorite urban fantasy this year... Very fun, fast, quick read”
Silvia Moreno-Garcia
“A high-octane fantasy and murder mystery. I’d love to see more in that world.”
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