Creature of Want and Ruin

"Profound and enthralling. This book is a delicate dream, mixing its own internal mythology with a brutal tale of prejudice and human frailty. I can''t recommend it enough. Tanzer is absolutely one to watch." -- Seanan McGuire, bestselling, award-winning author of In an Absent Dream Amityville baywoman Ellie West fishes by day and bootlegs moonshine by night. It''s dangerous work under Prohibition--independent operators like her are despised by federal agents and mobsters alike--but Ellie''s brother was accepted to college and Ellie''s desperate to see him go. So desperate that when wealthy strangers ask her to procure libations for an extravagant party Ellie sells them everything she has, including some booze she acquired under unusual circumstances. What Ellie doesn''t know is that this booze is special. Distilled from foul mushrooms by a cult of diabolists, those who drink it see terrible things--like the destruction of Long Island in fire and flood. The cult is masquerading as a church promising salvation through temperance and a return to "the good old days," so it''s hard for Ellie to take a stand against them, especially when her father joins, but Ellie loves Long Island, and she loves her family, and she''ll do whatever it takes to ensure neither is torn apart.

About the author

MOLLY TANZER is the Sydney J. Bounds and Wonderland Book Award–nominated author of Vermilion (an NPR and io9 Best Book of 2015), A Pretty Mouth, the historical crime novel The Pleasure Merchant, and other works. She lives in Longmont, Colorado.

Product details

• Authors: Molly Tanzer, Tanzer Molly
• Publisher: William Morrow
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9781328710253
• ISBN: 978-1-328-71025-3
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 134 mm x 203 mm x 22 mm
• Series: The Diabolist’s Library; The Diabolist's Library
• Subjects: Fiction > Science fiction, fantasy; Fantasy, FICTION: Women, FICTION: Thrillers / Historical, FICTION: Thrillers / Suspense, FICTION: Fantasy / Urban, FICTION: Fantasy / Paranormal, FICTION: Occult & Supernatural, FICTION: Horror, FICTION: Fantasy / Historical, FICTION: Fantasy / Dark Fantasy