The Wayward Children Series - Book 4
In an Absent Dream
“Takes the concepts of fairness and common sense and twists them through the doorways of a portal fantasy with an amazing landscape and characters.”
Library Journal (starred review)
Finalist for the 2020 Hugo Award for Best Novella
Among shortlisted titles for Hugo Award - Nominee, 2020
Among shortlisted titles for World Fantasy Award - Finalist, 2020
A stand-alone fantasy tale from Seanan McGuire's Alex Award-winning Wayward Children series, which began in the Alex, Hugo, Nebula, and Locus Award-winning, World Fantasy Award finalist, Tiptree Honor List Every Heart a Doorway This fourth entry and prequel tells the story of Lundy, a very serious young girl who would rather study and dream than become a respectable housewife and live up to the expectations of the world around her. As well she should. When she finds a doorway to a world founded on logic and reason, riddles and lies, she thinks she's found her paradise. Alas, everything costs at the goblin market, and when her time there is drawing to a close, she makes the kind of bargain that never plays out well. The Wayward Children Series Book 1: Every Heart a Doorway Book 2: Down Among the Sticks and Bones Book 3: Beneath the Sugar Sky Book 4: In an Absent Dream
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