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The West Passage
Current price:
$28.99
Publication Date: July 16th, 2024
Publisher:
Tordotcom
ISBN:
9781250884831
Pages:
384
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Staff Reviews
The palace is crumbling, the Ladies are dying, and all this rot is tempting The Beast to rise and wreak havoc. The West Passage is a twisting tale with dark corners and weird asides. It’s about what happens when isolation reigns and traditions are lost. It’s filled with mythology and rarely spoon-feeds you context. This makes for a story that keeps you thinking and wondering.
I deeply enjoyed this weird medieval tale.
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Izzy M
Description
THE LADIES REIGN. THE PALACE ROTS. THE BEAST RISES.
“The West Passage is a dangerous book of secrets.” —Travis Baldree, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Legends & Lattes
“A weird and wonderful tale, rich with imagination and utterly unique.” —Sunyi Dean, author of The Book Eaters
“One of the finest fantasies of this decade, a sweeping swarm of fiercely human creativity.” —Indrapramit Das, author of The Devourers
When the Guardian of the West Passage died in her bed, the women of Grey Tower fed her to the crows and went back to their chores. No successor was named as Guardian, no one took up the fallen blade; the West Passage went unguarded.
Now, snow blankets Grey in the height of summer, foretelling the coming of the Beast. The too-young Mother of Grey House and the Guardian's unnamed squire set out to save their people.
Their narrow shoulders bear a heavy burden. Before them lies the West Passage, home to horrors and delights that defy imagining. None can say if they'll reach their destinations, but one thing is for sure: the world is about to change.
Praise for The West Passage
“The West Passage is a dangerous book of secrets. It is the singular agony of a delicious dream half-recalled. Its shadows are colonized with the gorgeous, the grotesque, and the forgotten — and now you are a vital link in their remembrance.” —Travis Baldree, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Legends & Lattes
“A weird and wonderful tale, rich with imagination and utterly unique; Pechaček has crafted a literary gem of a novel.” —Sunyi Dean, author of The Book Eaters
“Emotionally tender, thematically rich, and creatively stunning, The West Passage is a singular achievement in fantasy writing.” —J.T. Greathouse, author of the Pact and Pattern series
“This is one of the finest fantasies of this decade, a sweeping storm of fiercely human creativity to drown the pallid temptations of our era's algorithmic storytelling.” —Indra Das, author of The Devourers
“The West Passage is consistently wondrous; the reader turns each page knowing they will encounter something wholly new....Strange things, lovely things and horrific things all blend together in a fable-like narrative of deceptive simplicity.” —BookPage, starred review
“Vividly depicted, decidedly peculiar...a curious, but curiously charming, allegory of a world in crisis.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred review
“Fantastical world building and mind-blowing mythos... The West Passage is a spellbinding debut that cannot be missed.” —Booklist, starred review
“The West Passage is an absorbing tale of political intrigue, touching comings-of-age, and a mind-bending phantasmagoria.” —Shelf Awareness, starred review
“Pechaček is unafraid to mix sweet whimsy with horror, which keeps readers’ tension high as they’re immersed in this fearsomely lovely realm.” —Library Journal, starred review
“The West Passage is one of the most original and enjoyable fantasies I’ve encountered in ages…The world of this book is an astonishing delight.” —Jake Casella Brookins for Locus
“Underneath The West Passage's pretty exterior is an utterly strange and alien landscape that is captivating, capricious, and full of dark places. Endlessly fascinating, beautifully written, and sublimely weird.” —Jenn Lyons, author of the Chorus of Dragons series
“A deep and meditative fantasy that fans of the weird and wild will thoroughly enjoy.” —R.R. Virdi, author of The First Binding
