The Midnight Bargain

The Midnight Bargain follows Beatrice Clayborn, a sorceress on the threshold of selecting a husband.  Once married, Beatrice will have to don a collar that suppresses her magical abilities in an effort to protect her future children from becoming possessed by a spirit while in utero.  Not only does Beatrice not want to be married,…

The Glittering World

A group of four friends travel from New York City to Cape Breton Island to oversee the sale of a home in beautiful Starling Cove.  Blue, the man who inherited the property following his grandmother’s death, needs the cash to pay off some shady mobsters who had funded his expanding restaurant in Brooklyn.  Originally from…

Perdido Street Station

Mieville’s Perdido Street Station Unless you’re reading this book as an anthropomorphized thesaurus, this will be a quick and somewhat easy read for you. If you’re not, you may struggle with a word here and there. While I’m not original in telling you that Mieville is a wordsmith, it should be somewhat of a disclaimer…