Nonesuch

NonesuchA spellbinding tale about an ambitious young woman who must thwart an occult plot by time traveling fascists during the chaos of the London Blitz from "one of our most powerful writers of wayward historical fiction" (The Washington Post). Following the acclaim of his previous novels Golden Hill and Cahokia Jazz, Francis Spufford delivers a masterpiece of literary fantasy, hailed by Joe Hill as "a book that scoops up all the wonder and hope and

For a few beautiful months

Jessica Chen is so beautiful people stop in the hallway to stare at her

" ― Chris Pratt

and deciphering cryptic symbols and coded manuscripts to uncover the truth about this place where "the most interesting things happen at night

she turns on her police radio to help herself fall asleep—and receives an alert that sends her to a puzzling crime scene

showstopping confection

digging into her own memories and into the soil with the scientists who have spent their waking days studying these amazing entities up close

darkly funny novel about two sisters—one in New York

“When The Moon Hatched breathes new

hazy afterglow usually reserved for the best vacations

infuriatingly human” (The Chicago Tribune)

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