Name: The Crooked Letter
ISBN: 9781591026440

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Why This Clicks

Myths Beyond Death

A present-day fantasy opens into multiple human realms, where ancient myth meets an unsettling afterlife.

Come here for

Mirror twins and a reality threaded through myths and legends
A familiar world giving way to the strange

Expect

Dark fantasy with an expansive, otherworldly reach
A journey across realms and the boundaries of life and death

Book Details

Authors: Sean Williams
Publisher: Pyr
Published: April 1, 2008
Format: Print & ebook
Theme: Dark Fantasy · Contemporary Fantasy
Reading lane: Dark Fantasy

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Publisher Categories

Epic Fantasy
Fairy Tales & Myths
Apocalyptic & Post-Apocalyptic

About This Book

When mirror twins Seth and Hadrian Castillo travel to Europe on holidays, they don’t expect the end of the world to follow them. Seth’s murder, however, puts exactly that into motion. From opposite sides of death, the Castillo twins grapple with a reality neither of them suspected, although it has been encoded in myths and legends for millennia. The Earth we know is just one of many "realms", three of which are inhabited by humans during various stages of their lives. And th...

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When mirror twins Seth and Hadrian Castillo travel to Europe on holidays, they don’t expect the end of the world to follow them. Seth’s murder, however, puts exactly that into motion. From opposite sides of death, the Castillo twins grapple with a reality neither of them suspected, although it has been encoded in myths and legends for millennia. The Earth we know is just one of many "realms", three of which are inhabited by humans during various stages of their lives. And their afterlives... In the tradition of Philip Pullman and Ursula K. Le Guin and inspired by numerous arcane sources, the Books of the Cataclysm begin in the present world but soon propel the reader to a landscape that is simultaneously familiar and fantastic.