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The Queen of Sinister

by Mark Chadbourn
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A new Dark Age has fallen across Britain. With the sudden return of magic, our modern, technological society has crumbled. Cities lie in ruins, communications are limited. Gods and monsters walk the land. In this new time, myth and legend has become reality; nothing is quite as it seems. The plague came without warning. Nothing could stop its progress: not medicines, not prayer. The first sign of the disease is black spots at the base of the fingers; an agonizing death quickly follows. But this is no ordinary disease... Caitlin Shepherd, a lowly GP, is allowed to cross the veil into the mystical Celtic Otherworld in search of a cure; her search takes her on a quest to the end of a land of dreams and nightmares to petition the gods. Caitlin is humanity's last hope, but she carries a terrible burden: a consciousness shattered into five distinct personalities... and one of them may not be human. The Queen of Sinister is the latest installment in Mark Chadbourn's brilliant new sequence: exciting, evocative, terrifying, and awe-inspiring.

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  • Series

    The Dark Age

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  • Release date

    June 30, 2010

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      • ISBN: 9781616143480

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  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      April 26, 2010
      British Fantasy Award–winner Chadbourn continues (from 2010’s The Devil in Green) his jumbled tale of magic returning to postapocalyptic modern England. A terrible plague forces Caitlin Shepherd, a suburban doctor reeling from having to bury her husband and son, to seek a cure in the Celtic Otherworld. Chased through a changed English countryside by a sentient wave of despair, she accumulates companions among whom she must sort out friend from foe. Chadbourn fills the twisty narrative with history, myth, fairies, ghosts, unusual undead, and links to his earlier Age of Misrule works. Notes of optimism and enthusiasm around recreating human civilization are tempered by the realization of how much suffering this new world order would entail, and further revelations about the Fall portend more misery to come in the concluding volume.

    • Library Journal

      June 15, 2010

      The modern world has ceased to exist as an invasion of magic--and magical beings--has thrown society into a new Dark Age. When a mysterious and deadly plague strikes her village, British doctor Caitlin Shepherd discovers a way to cross into the Celtic Otherworld in hopes of finding a cure, but first she must find peace and strength from the shattered personalities that dwell within her. Chadbourn's saga, now in its second four-volume series, follows The Devil in Green with another compelling tale of ordinary people transformed into heroes. VERDICT Superb storytelling and a keen sense of character bring a feeling of reality to this modern fantasy infused with elder gods, magical creatures, and the indomitable human spirit. Fans of Charles de Lint will especially appreciate this series.

      Copyright 2010 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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