Four and Twenty Blackbirds (Eden Moore Book 1): An Eden Moore Story - Softcover

Cherie Priest

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9780857687722: Four and Twenty Blackbirds (Eden Moore Book 1): An Eden Moore Story

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0857687727 ISBN 13: 9780857687722

Publisher: Titan Books, 2012

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What Eden Moore digs up in the roots of her diseased family tree takes her across the South, from the ruins of the Pine Breeze sanitarium in Tennessee to a corpse-filled swamp in Florida, and back in time to the Civil War, when the taint in her family bloodline sets in motion events building only now to a supernatural crescendo.

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Review:

A remarkably assured debut. A creepy modern-day southern gothic that doesn't rely on cliche but delivers an emotionally powerful tale of self-discovery and the supernatural. --San Francisco Chronicle

Breathlessly readable, palpably atmospheric and compellingly suspenseful. --Ramsey Campbell

Spooky and engrossing ... Priest can write scenes that are jump-out-of-your skin scary. --Cory Doctorow

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"Spooky and engrossing, this revenge play is as sticky as a salmagundi made from blood and swamp dirt. Priest can write scenes that are jump-out-of-your-skin scary. This is the first installment in what I can only hope will be a long and terrifying friendship."
--Cory Doctorow

"Fine writing, humor, thrills, real scares, the touch of the occult . . . had me from the first page. I read straight through. An absolutely wonderful debut, and a book not to be missed."
--Heather Graham

"Cherie Priest has created a chilling page-turner in her debut novel. Her voice is rich, earthy, soulful, and deliciously southern as she weaves a disturbing yarn like a master! Awesome-gives you goosebumps!"
--L.A. Banks

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