A peculiar peril / Jeff VanderMeer ; pictures by Jeremy Zerfoss.
Material type:
TextSeries: VanderMeer, Jeff. Misadventures of Jonathan Lambshead ; bk. 1.Publisher: New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 2020Edition: First editionDescription: 632 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780374308865
- 0374308861
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult Book
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Dr. James Carlson Library | Science Fiction/Fantasy | VANDERME JEFF | Checked out | 07/01/2024 | 33111009401122 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
A Peculiar Peril is a head-spinning epic about three friends on a quest to protect the world from a threat as unknowable as it is terrifying, from the Nebula Award-winning and New York Times bestselling author of Annihilation , Jeff VanderMeer.
Jonathan Lambshead stands to inherit his deceased grandfather's overstuffed mansion--a veritable cabinet of curiosities--once he and two schoolmates catalog its contents. But the three soon discover that the house is filled with far more than just oddities: It holds clues linking to an alt-Earth called Aurora, where the notorious English occultist Aleister Crowley has stormed back to life on a magic-fueled rampage across a surreal, through-the-looking-glass version of Europe replete with talking animals (and vegetables).
Swept into encounters with allies more unpredictable than enemies, Jonathan pieces together his destiny as a member of a secret society devoted to keeping our world separate from Aurora. But as the ground shifts and allegiances change with every step, he and his friends sink ever deeper into a deadly pursuit of the profound evil that is also chasing after them.
Ages 12-18. Farrar Straus Giroux.
"The first book in a two-volume fantasy about a teenaged boy who inherits his grandfather's mansion and discovers three strange doors, evidence his grandfather did not die of natural causes but spectacularly unnatural ones, and clues to the family's ties to an alternate Europe immersed in a war fought with strange tech and dark magic"-- Provided by publisher.