The Angel of the Crows, Katherine Addison
The Angel of the Crows, Katherine Addison
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The Angel of the Crows

Author: Katherine Addison

Narrator: Imogen Church

Unabridged: 16 hr 2 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/23/2020


Synopsis

Katherine Addison, author of The Goblin Emperor, returns with The Angel of the Crows, a fantasy of alternate 1880s London, where killers stalk the night and the ultimate power is naming.

This is not the story you think it is. These are not the characters you think they are. This is not the audiobook you are expecting.

In an alternate 1880s London, angels inhabit every public building, and vampires and werewolves walk the streets with human beings in a well-regulated truce. A fantastic utopia, except for a few things: Angels can Fall, and that Fall is like a nuclear bomb in both the physical and metaphysical worlds. And human beings remain human, with all their kindness and greed and passions and murderous intent.

Jack the Ripper stalks the streets of this London too. But this London has an Angel. The Angel of the Crows.

A Macmillan Audio production from Tor Books

About Katherine Addison

KATHERINE ADDISON’s short fiction has been selected by The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror and The Year’s Best Science Fiction. The Goblin Emperor won the 2015 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel and was a finalist for the Hugo, the Nebula, and the World Fantasy Award. The Angel of the Crows was nominated for the 2021 Locus Award. As Sarah Monette, she is the author of the Doctrine of Labyrinths series and co-author, with Elizabeth Bear, of the Iskryne series. She lives near Madison, Wisconsin.


Reviews

On sale June 23! Final review, first posted on Fantasy Literature: The Angel of the Crows is Sherlock Holmes fanfic … if Sherlock were an outcast angel called Crow, Dr. Watson (here named Dr. Doyle) had a paranormal affliction caused by an injury given him by an Afghani fallen angel, and Victorian En......more

A curious mesh of Victorian steampunk, angel-fantasy and Sherlock retelling with guest-appearance by Jack the Ripper. If you are a fan of any or all of these, you will probably love this book. Many thanks to the Publisher Macmillan-Tor/Forge and Netgalley for the ARC. After finishing this book it......more


Quotes

Praise for The Angel of the Crows

“A new Katharine Addison book is a cause for celebration. Break out the champagne, this one’s a treat!” — Ellen Klages, author of Passing Strange, winner of the British Fantasy Award and World Fantasy Award

“Each book Addison writes is a highly-polished and gorgeously set gem. The Angel of Crows is no exception.”—Fran Wilde, Nebula-winning, Hugo and World Fantasy Nominated author of Updraft and The Fire Opal Mechanism


Awards

  • Locus Awards - Nominee