The Ballad of Perilous Graves by Jennings, Alex

The Ballad of Perilous Graves (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780759557192)

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The Ballad of Perilous Graves by Jennings, Alex

The Ballad of Perilous Graves

$28.00
The Ballad of Perilous Graves by Jennings, Alex

The Ballad of Perilous Graves

$28.00
Format: Hardcover
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"Funny, wild, witty, and profound."―Victor LaValle

"A wild and wonderful debut, teeming with music, family and art."--New York Times

"Magical, lyrical, gritty, otherworldly...hype like Bayou Classic in the 90s."--P. Djèlí Clark

One of the Best Fantasy Books of 2022: New York Times; Oprah Daily; Vulture; Gizmodo; Boston Public Library

A fun and fantastical love letter to New Orleans unfolds when a battle for the city's soul brews between two young mages, a vengeful wraith, and one powerful song in this wildly imaginative debut. Nola is a city full of wonders. A place of sky trolleys and dead cabs, where haints dance the night away and Wise Women help keep the order. To those from Away, Nola might seem strange. To Perilous Graves, it's simply home.

Perry knows Nola's rhythm as intimately as his own heartbeat. So when the city's Great Magician starts appearing in odd places and essential songs are forgotten, Perry knows trouble is afoot.

Nine songs of power have escaped from the piano that maintains the city's beat, and without them, Nola will fail. Unwilling to watch his home be destroyed, Perry will sacrifice everything to save it. But a storm is brewing, and the Haint of All Haints is awake. Nola's time might be coming to an end.

Author: Alex Jennings
ISBN-10: 0759557195
ISBN-13: 9780759557192
Publisher: Redhook
Language: English
Published: 06/21/2022
Pages: 464
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.50lbs
Size: 9.40h x 6.10w x 1.80d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 03/28/2022
Booklist 05/15/2022 pg. 25
By Alex Jennings
By Alex Jennings
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Alex Jennings is a teacher, author, and performer living in New Orleans. His writing has appeared in strangehorizons.com, podcastle, The Peauxdunque Review, Obsidian Lit, the Locus Award-winning Luminescent Threads: Connections to Octavia Butler, and in numerous anthologies.

His debut collection, Here I Come and Other Stories was released in 2012. He also serves as MC and co-producer of Dogfish, a monthly literary readings series. He is a graduate of Clarion West (2003) and the University of New Orleans. He was born in Wiesbaden (Germany) and raised in Gaborone (Botswana), Paramaribo (Surinam), and Tunis (Tunisia) as well as the United States. He is an afternoon person.

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