Tidal Creatures
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4.5 • 22 Ratings
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Publisher Description
New York Times bestselling author Seanan McGuire takes us back to the world of the award-winning Alchemical Journeys series in this action-packed follow-up to Middlegame and Seasonal Fears.
Every night, a Moon shines down on the Impossible City…
All across the world, people look up at the moon and dream of gods. Gods of knowledge and wisdom, gods of tides and longevity. Over time, some of these moon gods incarnated into the human world alongside the other manifest natural concepts. Their job is to cross the sky above the Impossible City—the heart of all creation—to keep it connected to reality.
And someone is killing them.
There are so many of them that it's easy for a few disappearances to slip through the cracks. But they aren't limitless.
In the name of the moon, the lunar divinities must uncover the roots of the plot and thwart the true goal of those behind these attacks—control of the Impossible City itself.
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PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Bestseller McGuire's astonishing third Alchemical Journeys novel, following 2020's Seasonal Fears, delivers a complex and thoughtful exploration of the intersections of mythology, philosophy, alchemy, and faith. Though the gods have mostly faded away, the Lunars remain. Aspects of moon gods made manifest through mortal hosts, they spend their nights illuminating the Impossible City at the center of all things. When the mortal aspect of the god Aske is murdered on the UC Berkeley campus, linguistics grad student Judy, who hosts the god Chang'e, feels compelled to investigate the death and quickly discovers that someone is preying upon the lesser Lunars. Meanwhile, the orange-skinned, hooved Kelpie, who believes her unusual appearance to be the result of an alchemical lab accident, goes on the run after her mentor is killed by her superiors in the Alchemical Congress. When Judy and Kelpie's paths collide and intersect with people capable of changing the world with a single word, it becomes a race to solve the murders and prevent the Impossible City from falling into the wrong hands. It's a joy to witness McGuire's sprawling and diverse cast embrace the ideals of found family and chosen passions while defying their destinies. Familiarity with previous installments, especially Middlegame, helps, but this entry proves both accessible and unputdownable. McGuire has done it again.
Customer Reviews
Another Brilliant Step in the Tale of the Impossible City
Now we’re in the Middle and it’s just as good as the Beginning. Writing this good takes time but we really need more of the Story. Like Now. Beautiful, brilliantly done as always, a pure joy to read.
Another great story in Alchemical Journeys
This is a great story for those who’ve enjoyed Middlegame and Seasonal Fears. The Alchemists remain awful people, whose constructs continue to escape their grasp and thwart their ambitions, which is good news for the rest of the world. And we get to meet Kelpie, who is a lot of fun, as well as start to see where the series is going overall.