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A Peculiar Peril Hardback - 2020

by Jeff VanderMeer

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A Peculiar Peril is a head-spinning epic about three friends on a quest to protect the world from a threat as unknowable as it is terrifying, from the Nebula Award-winning and New York Times bestselling author of Annihilation, Jeff VanderMeer.

Jonathan Lambshead stands to inherit his deceased grandfather's overstuffed mansion--a veritable cabinet of curiosities--once he and two schoolmates catalog its contents. But the three soon discover that the house is filled with far more than just oddities: It holds clues linking to an alt-Earth called Aurora, where the notorious English occultist Aleister Crowley has stormed back to life on a magic-fueled rampage across a surreal, through-the-looking-glass version of Europe replete with talking animals (and vegetables).

Swept into encounters with allies more unpredictable than enemies, Jonathan pieces together his destiny as a member of a secret society devoted to keeping our world separate from Aurora. But as the ground shifts and allegiances change with every step, he and his friends sink ever deeper into a deadly pursuit of the profound evil that is also chasing after them.

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  • Title A Peculiar Peril
  • Author Jeff VanderMeer
  • Binding Hardback
  • Pages 656
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr)
  • Publication date 2020-07-07
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Dust Cover, Illustrated
  • ISBN 9780374308865 / 0374308861
  • Weight 1.8 lbs (0.82 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.8 x 6.4 x 2 in (22.35 x 16.26 x 5.08 cm)
  • Age range 12 to 18 years
  • Grade levels 7 - 13
  • Category Young Adult Fiction
  • Library of Congress subjects Fantasy fiction, Magic
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2019037060
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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  • Booklist, 06/01/2020, Page 82
  • Kirkus Reviews, 05/15/2020, Page 0
  • Publishers Weekly, 06/01/2020, Page 0

About the author

Jeff Vandermeer grew up in the Fiji Islands and now lives in Tallahassee, Florida. His acclaimed Southern Reach trilogy has been translated into more than thirty-five languages. He also wrote the writing guide Wonderbook and helps run the teen science-fiction/fantasy writing camp Shared Worlds. A Peculiar Peril, the opening volume of the Misadventures of Jonathan Lambshead duology is his first novel for young adults.
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