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 | 06/12/2024 | 33111009401122 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
After Jonathan Lambshead's elusive grandfather dies, the recently orphaned teenager inherits the family mansion--and its contents. Jonathan soon discovers that the mansion's basement holds more than just oddities: three doors serve as portals, with one leading to an alt-Earth called Aurora, where magic abounds, history has been re-written, and an occult dictator called Aleister Crowley leads an army pillaging alt-Europe. Jonathan learns of his destiny as a member of The Order, a secret society devoted to keeping our world separate from Aurora, and embarks on an epic quest to protect Earth from Crowley's dark magic. Over the course of the duology, Jonathan uncovers more of the worlds outside of our own, the magic that permeates them, his own destiny, and the secrets buried in his family history.
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.