Series: Tufa Novels (Book 6)
Hardcover: 368 pages
Publisher: Tor Books (April 10, 2018)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0765383365
ISBN-13: 978-0765383365
Hardcover: 368 pages
Publisher: Tor Books (April 10, 2018)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0765383365
ISBN-13: 978-0765383365
Praise for ALEX BLEDSOE
“As always, Bledsoe infuses his setting with a rich sense of location, atmosphere, and history, underscored by folk music; the secret tragedies of the Tufa unfold over multiple eras before returning to the present....Bledsoe’s series continues to enthrall with complex and nuanced stories.” ―Publishers Weekly
"Imagine a book somewhere between American Gods and Faulkner. Absolutely worth your time." ―Patrick Rothfuss, New York Times bestselling author
Praise for the TUFA Books
“Long Black Curl makes me so happy that there are authors writing real North American-based mythic fiction...one that sits so well it feels like it's always been a part of us.” ―Charles de Lint
“Beautifully written, surprisingly moving, and unexpected in the best of ways.” ―Seanan McGuire, New York Timesbestselling author, on Wisp of a Thing
“Haunting. . . . It's a mixture: folk tales and folk songs, updated with a dose of Sex and the City. Or, you might say, a rustic version of 'urban fantasy,' with its suggestion that there's mystery just around the corner, hidden behind even the dullest small-town facade.” ―The Wall Street Journal on The Hum and the Shiver
“Captures the allure and the sometimes sinister beauty of the Appalachian backwoods.” ―Library Journal, starred review, on Wisp of a Thing
“It's no secret that music stirs the soul, and combining that with a folk-tale setting makes a deeply heart-rending novel." ―RT Book Reviews (four stars) on Long Black Curl
“With his subtle, character-driven approach, Bledsoe skillfully fuses music, legend, and regional atmosphere to create something that feels like an unexplored corner of American mythology.” ―Publishers Weekly on Chapel of Ease
“A fine installment in the popular series and a fine way for newcomers to join in the fun.” ―Booklist on Chapel of Ease
“This book is a graceful merging of magic and mundane that charmed me to my core.” ―Bookworm Blues on Chapel of Ease
“A fun, fascinating read that revels in elements of folklore, magic realism, and just good old fashioned suspense and interpersonal drama.” ―Our Lives Magazine (Madison, WI) on Chapel of Ease
Charming and lyrical, The Fairies of Sadieville continues Alex Bledsoe's widely-praised contemporary fantasy series, about the song-wielding fairy descendants living in modern-day Appalachia.
"This is real." Three small words on a film canister found by graduate students Justin and Veronica, who discover a long-lost silent movie from more than a century ago. The startlingly realistic footage shows a young girl transforming into a winged being. Looking for proof behind this claim, they travel to the rural foothills of Tennessee to find Sadieville, where it had been filmed.
Soon, their journey takes them to Needsville, whose residents are hesitant about their investigation, but Justin and Veronica are helped by Tucker Carding, who seems to have his own ulterior motives. When the two students unearth a secret long hidden, everyone in the Tufa community must answer the most important question of their entire lives -- what would they be willing to sacrifice in order to return to their fabled homeland of Tir na nOg?
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EXCERPT
“Well, I’ll leave you two to your work,” Mrs. Lundoff
continued. “There’s more empty boxes and garbage bags in the storeroom if you
need them. Also rubber gloves and some of those respirator face masks like you
use for painting or yard work.”
“I don’t think we’ll need those,” Veronica said.
“Don’t be so sure. It wouldn’t surprise me if there’s a
dozen different kinds of mold in here. And thank you, both of you, for being
willing to help out. He thought the world of you, and I know wherever he is, he’s
glad to know you’re the ones taking care of this.”
When Mrs. Lundoff was out of earshot, Justin said quietly,
“Wherever he is, he’s laughing his ass off, she means.”
Veronica smiled and threaded her fingers through Justin’s.
“Where do you want to start?”
Justin reverently took down the signed photo of Woody
Guthrie. He looked into the legendary troubadour’s black-and-white eyes,
smiled, and put it facedown on the desk.
“We’ll start here. That’ll be the most recent stuff. Let’s
separate it into piles: originals, photocopies, and miscellaneous.”
“I bet I can guess which will be the biggest pile.”
“Me, too. But we can subsort that pile later.”
Copyright © 2018 by Alex
Bledsoe
Book Nerd Spotlight
Photo Credit: Don Swayback
ALEX BLEDSOE is the author of the Eddie LaCrosse novels (The Sword-Edged Blonde, Burn Me Deadly, Dark Jenny, and Wake of the Bloody Angel), the novels of the Tufa (The Hum and Shiver, Wisp of a Thing, Long Black Curl, and Chapel of Ease), and the Memphis Vampires (Blood Groove and Girls with Games of Blood). Bledsoe grew up in Memphis, Tennessee. He now lives in Madison, Wisconsin.
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Congrats, Alex. Where it's set, I've heard it's "God's Country." I guess it's full of fairies now too. - Purple Reader,
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