Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor
Publication Date: March 28, 2017
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The dream
chooses the dreamer, not the other way around—and Lazlo Strange, war orphan and
junior librarian, has always feared that his dream chose poorly. Since he was
five years old he's been obsessed with the mythic lost city of Weep, but it
would take someone bolder than he to cross half the world in search of it. Then
a stunning opportunity presents itself, in the person of a hero called the
Godslayer and a band of legendary warriors, and he has to seize his chance to
lose his dream forever.
What
happened in Weep two hundred years ago to cut it off from the rest of the
world? What exactly did the Godslayer slay that went by the name of god? And
what is the mysterious problem he now seeks help in solving?
The answers
await in Weep, but so do more mysteries—including the blue-skinned goddess who
appears in Lazlo's dreams. How did he dream her before he knew she existed? and
if all the gods are dead, why does she seem so real?
In this
sweeping and breathtaking new novel by National Book Award finalist Laini
Taylor, author of the New York Times bestselling Daughter of Smoke & Bone
trilogy, the shadow of the past is as real as the ghosts who haunt the citadel
of murdered gods. Fall into a mythical world of dread and wonder, moths and
nightmares, love and carnage.
Welcome to
Weep.
At last Laini Taylor returns with a young adult
fantasy novel as alluring and heartbreaking as Daughter of Smoke and Bone.
Although Strange the Dreamer is a brand new series, there was something
familiar and assured about entering this new world she created. Simply put - no
one else writes like her. Having read her other books, I expected lyrical prose,
a world as dazzling and terrifying as a dream, and characters that would make
me laugh as well as ... weep. And
Strange the Dreamer delivers all of it.
A foundling librarian who is bewitched by a
mythical place only found in books
A fabled city whose true name has been stolen
A blue-skinned, flame-haired Muse of Nightmares
An ongoing war between humans and gods
Bottom line to Taylor fans breathlessly awaiting a
verdict: Prepare to fall in love with Lazlo Strange and the Unseen City of
Weep. Prepare for your heart to swell with wonder at all the unique and
unforgettable magic that Taylor has conjured and also for it to break because
of an impossible, star-crossed love.
Then break once again because you have to wait for the next book to find
out what happens next...
“You’re a storyteller. Dream up something wild and
improbable,"she pleaded. "Something beautiful and full of monsters."
“Beautiful and full of monsters?"
“All the best stories are.”
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