In the Night Garden (The Orphan's Tales #1)
by Catherynne M. Valente
Secreted away in a garden, a lonely girl spins
stories to warm a curious prince: peculiar feats and unspeakable fates that
loop through each other and back again to meet in the tapestry of her voice.
Inked on her eyelids, each twisting, tattooed tale is a piece in the puzzle of
the girl’s own hidden history. And what tales she tells! Tales of
shape-shifting witches and wild horsewomen, heron kings and beast princesses,
snake gods, dog monks, and living stars–each story more strange and fantastic
than the one that came before. From ill-tempered “mermaid” to fastidious Beast,
nothing is ever quite what it seems in these ever-shifting tales–even, and
especially, their teller. Adorned with illustrations by the legendary Michael
Kaluta, Valente’s enchanting lyrical fantasy offers a breathtaking reinvention
of the untold myths and dark fairy tales that shape our dreams. And just when
you think you’ve come to the end, you realize the adventure has only begun….
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In the Cities of Coin and Spice (The Orphan's Tales #2)
by Catherynne M. Valente
Catherynne M. Valente enchanted readers with her
spellbinding In the Night Garden. Now she continues to weave her storytelling
magic in a new book of Orphan’s Tales—an epic of the fantastic and the exotic,
the monstrous and mysterious, that will transport you far away from the
everyday….
Her name and origins are unknown, but the endless
tales inked upon this orphan’s eyelids weave a spell over all who listen to her
read her secret history. And who can resist the stories she tells? From the
Lake of the Dead and the City of Marrow to the artists who remain behind in a
ghost city of spice, here are stories of hedgehog warriors and winged
skeletons, loyal leopards and sparrow calligraphers. Nothing is too fantastic,
anything can happen, but you’ll never guess what comes next in these intimately
linked adventures of firebirds and djinn, singing manticores, mutilated
unicorns, and women made entirely of glass and gears. Graced with the magical
illustrations of Michael Kaluta, In the Cities of Coins and Spice is a book of
dreams and wonders unlike any you’ve ever encountered. Open it anywhere and you
will fall under its spell. For here the story never ends and the magic is only
beginning….
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