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ISBN: 1250195527

ISBN13: 9781250195524

Middlegame

(Book #1 in the Alchemical Journeys Series)

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A HUGO AWARD FINALIST

WINNER OF THE LOCUS AWARD FOR BEST FANTASY NOVEL, 2020

A Pick on the 2020 RUSA Reading List

New York Times bestselling and Alex, Nebula, and Hugo-Award-winning author Seanan McGuire introduces readers to a world of amoral alchemy, shadowy organizations, and impossible cities in the standalone fantasy, Middlegame.

Meet Roger. Skilled with words, languages come easily to him. He instinctively understands how the world works through the power of story.

Meet Dodger, his twin. Numbers are her world, her obsession, her everything. All she understands, she does so through the power of math.

Roger and Dodger aren't exactly human, though they don't realise it. They aren't exactly gods, either. Not entirely. Not yet.

Meet Reed, skilled in the alchemical arts like his progenitor before him. Reed created Dodger and her brother. He's not their father. Not quite. But he has a plan: to raise the twins to the highest power, to ascend with them and claim their authority as his own.

Godhood is attainable. Pray it isn't attained.

A USA Today Bestseller, and named as one of Paste Magazine's 30 Best Fantasy Novels of the Decade

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Alchemy Government Conspiracy Magic And Sorcery Mental Health Issues Parallel Universes Quantum Physics Sibling Relationships Time Travel Fantasy Fiction

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Very emotionally charged and nuanced

Published by Ehh , 4 years ago
From Masterclass.com: "Broadly speaking, the middlegame begins when chess players have moved their kings to safety and developed most of their major pieces. It's the phase where each player's positional understanding will be put to the test. Note that it's not always easy to mark the point where an opening becomes the middlegame." This is one of those "Easter egg" books where it's more than just words on a page taking you from point A to point B. There's some in-depth word-building going on connected to Over the Woodward Wall. I have yet to read it, but the vibe feels like if the combating narratives in S by Doug Dorst was separated into two books. It's not so convoluted and intertwined that it interferes with the enjoyment of the main plot. I found the pacing sort of confusing at first, but I stuck with it and greatly enjoyed the ensuing emotional roller coaster. Recommended for fans of Neil Gaiman or the aforementioned S.
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