Dreams and Shadows - Softcover

Cargill, C Robert

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0062190431 ISBN 13: 9780062190437

Publisher: Harper Voyager, 2013

Synopsis

Screenwriter and acclaimed film critic C. Robert Cargill makes his fiction debut with Dreams and Shadows, taking beloved fantasy tropes, giving them a twist, and turning out a wonderful, witty, and wry take on clash between the fairy world and our own.

Something is missing from Ewan and Colby's lives. Residing in the corners of their memories is their time in Limestone Kingdom, a realm filled with magic and mystery, a world where only some may travel amongst the menagerie of mystical souls and sinister demons.

Cargill offers well-crafted characters and an absorbing, intricate plot that will appeal to fans of Neil Gaiman and Lev Grossman. Dreams and Shadows pulls you into an extraordinary universe of darkness that exposes the magic and monsters in our world, and in ourselves.

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Review:

"Richly imagined...an auspicious debut."--Booklist

"Dark, comedic, and unsettling, Dreams and Shadows is everything an urban fantasy sets out to be."--Tor.com

"The rich language, world building, and moral questions posed make for fascinating reading. Much of the novel is dark, but hope and redemption form the bedrock of the complex characters."--SFRevu

"Screenwriter and former film critic C. Robert Cargill's urban fantasy novel creates a rich universe full of dangerous and fascinating characters....the world that Cargill has created here is too rich to abandon."--MTV Geek

"A potent introduction to a world where the wondrous is rarely wonderful, the best intentions are guaranteed to roam farthest astray, and the reader is destined to keep turning the pages until the (somewhat) bitter end."--BookPage

"Hard to put down...definitely going to attract readers of contemporary fantasy, particular those who enjoy Neil Gaiman's adult books or Lev Grossman's The Magicians."--Library Journal

"Thoroughly enchanting."--Starburstmagazine.com

"Cargill proves with Dreams and Shadows that he's not just a writer capable of creating and presenting dense mythology well...but that he is also a talented storyteller with a visual sense about his prose that edges on riveting."--Breitbart/ Big Hollywood

"Exceptional worldbuilding, sure-handed plotting and well-rounded characters, even the nasty ones, abound, and the whole impressive enterprise moves smartly along through a fairy culture with a structure and motivations sharply different from that of humans. A mesmerizing and highly original debut."--Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

"In this beautifully written debut.... The universe is richly detailed, and issues of destiny and sacrifice give the story depth...for those that enjoy a rollercoaster ride into the depths of strangeness and despair."--Publishers Weekly (starred review)

Book Description:

A stunning debut. A twisted modern fairy tale in the style of American Gods.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harper Voyager
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0062190431
• ISBN 13: 9780062190437
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 464