The Sky So Big and Black

Author	Daryl Gregory
ISBN	1616961716

Harrison is the Monster Detective, a storybook hero. Now he’s in his mid-thirties and spends most of his time not sleeping.

Stan became a minor celebrity after being partially eaten by cannibals. Barbara is haunted by the messages carved upon her bones. Greta may or may not be a mass-murdering...

Author	Tess Sharpe
ISBN	1780621655

Nine months. Two weeks. Six days.

That's how long recovering addict Sophie's been drug-free. Four months ago her best friend, Mina, died in what everyone believes was a drug deal gone wrong - a deal they think Sophie set up. Only Sophie knows the truth. She and Mina shared a secret, but there was...

Author	Peter S. Beagle
ISBN	0345337824

[9/10]

They were playing with time and magic, but time is tricky and magic is dangerous!

This is an excellent summary of the novel Peter S Beagle took so many years to write. I read somewhere that "The Folk of the Air" comes after "The Last Unicorn" in his catalogue, so in my mind the action...

Author	Nova Ren Suma
ISBN	0525423389

Chloe's older sister, Ruby, is the girl everyone looks to and longs for, who can't be captured or caged. When a night with Ruby's friends goes horribly wrong and Chloe discovers the dead body of her classmate London Hayes left floating in the reservoir, Chloe is sent away from town and away from Ruby.

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Author	M.P. Shiel
ISBN	0803292791

"If now a swell from the Deep has swept over this planetary ship of earth, and I, who alone chanced to find myself in the furthest stern, as the sole survivor of her crew . . . What then, my God, shall I do?" The Purple Cloud is widely hailed as a masterpiece of science fiction and one of the best "last man" novels...