Description Now a Hugo-nominated series The eighth book in the funny and fast-paced InCryptid urban fantasy series returns to the mishaps of the Price family, eccentric cryptozoologists who safeguard the world of magical creatures living in secret among humans.
You can visit her at www.seananmcguire.com..
Seanan doesn\'t sleep much.
A Campbell, Hugo, and Nebula Award-winning author, Seanan\'s first book ( Rosemary and Rue , the beginning of the October Daye series) was released in 2009, with more than twenty books across various series following since.
When not writing--which is fairly rare--she enjoys travel, and can regularly be found any place where there are cornfields, haunted houses, or frogs.
About the Author Seanan McGuire lives and works in Washington State, where she shares her somewhat idiosyncratic home with her collection of books, creepy dolls, and enormous blue cats.
But no pressure.
If she fails, she becomes one more cautionary tale about the dangers of bargaining with the crossroads.
If she succeeds, she gets to go home.
It\'s going to take everything Annie has and a little bit more to get out of this one.
And that\'s before Leonard Cunningham, aka, "the next leader of the Covenant," shows up...
She owes them, after all.
Now the crossroads want him dead and they want Annie to do the dirty deed.
For James Smith, whose best friend disappeared when she tried to do precisely that, it\'s also an excellent place to plot revenge.
New Gravesend, Maine is a nice place to raise a family...or make a binding contract with the crossroads.
Annie\'s actually starting to feel like they might be able to figure things out--which is probably why things start going wrong again.
Lucky for her, she\'s always been resourceful, and she\'s been gathering allies as she travels: Sam, fūri trapeze artist turned boyfriend
Cylia, jink roller derby captain and designated driver
Fern, sylph friend, confidant, and maker of breakfasts; even Mary, ghost babysitter to the Price family.
No way out.
No mice.
No family.
George, she\'s found herself in debt to the crossroads and running for her life.
After fleeing from the Covenant of St.
As the youngest of her generation, she has always been able to depend on her parents, siblings, and cousins to help her out when she\'s in a pinch--until now.
See also "places to avoid." Antimony Price has never done well without a support system. 3.
A place where bargains can be made. 2.
A place where two roads cross.
Crossroads, noun: 1.
Description Now a Hugo-nominated series The eighth book in the funny and fast-paced InCryptid urban fantasy series returns to the mishaps of the Price family, eccentric cryptozoologists who safeguard the world of magical creatures living in secret among humans
