Dust and Shadow

Dust and Shadow
Author: Lyndsay Faye
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 339
Release: 2009-04-28
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1416583300
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In Dust and Shadow Sherlock Holmes hunts down Jack the Ripper with impeccably accurate historical detail, rooting the Whitechapel investigation in the fledgling days of tabloid journalism and clinical psychology. This astonishing debut explores the terrifying prospect of hunting down one of the world's first serial killers without the advantage of modern forensics or profiling. Sherlock's desire to stop the killer who is terrifying the East End of London is unwavering from the start, and in an effort to do so he hires an "unfortuate" known as Mary Ann Monk, the friend of a fellow streetwalker who was one of the Ripper's earliest victims. However, when Holmes himself is wounded in Whitechapel attempting to catch the villain, and a series of articles in the popular press question his role in the crimes, he must use all his resources in a desperate race to find the man known as "The Knife" before it is too late. Penned as a pastiche by the loyal and courageous Dr. Watson, Dust and Shadow recalls the ideals evinced by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's most beloved and world-renowned characters, while testing the limits of their strength in a fight to protect the women of London, Scotland Yard, and the peace of the city itself.

Dust and Shadow

Dust and Shadow
Author: Lyndsay Faye
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 389
Release: 2009-04-28
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1416583629
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From the gritty streets of nineteenth century London, the loyal and courageous Dr. Watson offers a tale unearthed after generations of lore: the harrowing story of Sherlock Holmes’s attempt to hunt down Jack the Ripper. As England’s greatest specialist in criminal detection, Sherlock Holmes is unwavering in his quest to capture the killer responsible for terrifying London’s East End. He hires an “unfortunate” known as Mary Ann Monk, the friend of a fellow streetwalker who was one of the Ripper’s earliest victims; and he relies heavily on the steadfast and devoted Dr. John H. Watson. When Holmes himself is wounded in Whitechapel during an attempt to catch the savage monster, the popular press launches an investigation of its own, questioning the great detective’s role in the very crimes he is so fervently struggling to prevent. Stripped of his credibility, Holmes is left with no choice but to break every rule in the desperate race to find the madman known as “the Knife” before it is too late. A masterly re-creation of history’s most diabolical villain, Lyndsay Faye’s debut brings unparalleled authenticity to the atmosphere of Whitechapel and London in the fledgling days of tabloid journalism and recalls the ideals evinced by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s most beloved and world-renowned characters. Jack the Ripper’s identity, still hotly debated around the world more than a century after his crimes were committed, remains a mystery ripe for speculation. Dust and Shadow explores the terrifying prospect of tracking a serial killer without the advantage of modern forensics, and the result is a lightning-paced novel brimming with historical detail that will keep you on the edge of your seat.

Dust and Shadow

Dust and Shadow
Author: Lindsey Pogue
Publisher:
Total Pages: 394
Release: 2017-09-15
Genre:
ISBN: 9781638481485
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Sandstorms. Scandal. Secrets. It's been two centuries since the boom of the Industrial Revolution sent the Victorian world into a devastating climatic shift. Now, chivalry is dead and the frills and frivolities of the romantic era are no more than a fading memory. In Sagebrush Canyon, thirst rules, ignorance is power, and nothing is as it seems. Jo has kept to the safety of her family's farm, desperate to forget the horrific day that took her mother and left Jo battered and broken. But the marshal of Sagebrush is everywhere--he controls everything--and for years Jo has had to stomach the false pleasantries and knowing glint in the eyes of the man who killed her mother. When Jo discovers how deep the marshal's seedy dealings run, she decides that fear will no longer keep her silent. But just when Jo plans to expose him for what he really is, the marshal plays a card of his own-his notoriously scandalous son, Clayton. As Jo and Clayton are thrust together, lines become blurred, truths are revealed, and Jo must decide what she is willing to sacrifice in exchange for retribution. Dust and Shadow is a post-apocalyptic love story and Victorian adventure set in a devastated and forgotten world of the American wild west.

Dust

Dust
Author: Kara Swanson
Publisher: Enclave Publishing
Total Pages: 384
Release: 2021-04-13
Genre: Fairy tales
ISBN: 9781621841296
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The truth about Neverland is far more dangerous than a fairy tale... Claire Kenton believes the world is too dark for magic to be real--since her twin brother was stolen away as a child. Now Claire's desperate search points to London...and a boy who shouldn't exist. Peter Pan is having a beastly time getting back to Neverland. Grounded in London and hunted by his own Lost Boys, Peter searches for the last hope of restoring his crumbling island: a lass with magic in her veins. The girl who fears her own destiny is on a collision course with the boy who never wanted to grow up. The truth behind this fairy tale is about to unravel everything Claire thought she knew about Peter Pan--and herself.

Pulvis et umbra sumus

Pulvis et umbra sumus
Author: Erfan Rezaei
Publisher: BookRix
Total Pages: 26
Release: 2021-07-23
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 3748789602
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An anthology of the best surrealistic and dark poetry by Erfan Rezaei, collected mostly of his job in 2019 to 2020 which published online and received a positive response for its quality in this genre.

Dust and Other Stories

Dust and Other Stories
Author: T'aejun Yi
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Total Pages: 277
Release: 2018-04-24
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0231546343
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Yi T’aejun was one of twentieth-century Korea’s true masters of the short story—and a man who in 1946 stunned his contemporaries by moving to the Soviet-occupied northern zone of his country. In South Korea, where he is known today as “one who went north,” Yi’s work was banned until 1988. His momentous decision did not lead him to a safe haven, however: though initially welcomed into the literary establishment, North Korea sent him into internal exile in the 1950s, and little is known of his fate. Dust and Other Stories offers a selection of Yi’s stories across time and place, showcasing a superb stylist caught up in the midst of his era’s most urgent ideological and aesthetic divides. This collection unites his earlier modernist masterpieces from the colonial era with his little-known work penned during North Korea’s founding years, offering a rare glimpse into the making—and crossing—of the border between south and north. During the turbulent final years of Japanese rule, Yi’s elegant yet subdued stories championed both his native tongue and the belief in the capacity of art. In the heavily politicized environment of the North, his later works maintain a faith in the art of storytelling and a concern for the disappearance of customs in the throes of modernization. Throughout both eras, Yi focused on ordinary people: old men struggling to understand a changing world, lovers meeting up among ancient ruins, a lively widow targeted by a literacy campaign, a bourgeois couple trying to sustain themselves during the war by breeding rabbits, and more. Magnificently translated by Janet Poole, Yi’s work bears witness to global turmoil with a melancholic sense of enduring beauty.

Shadow

Shadow
Author: Kara Swanson
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2022-05-17
Genre:
ISBN: 9781621841753
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Peter Pan has crash-landed back on Neverland. But this is not the island he remembers. Desperate to rescue Claire and the fractured Lost Boys, Peter must unravel what truly tore his dreamland apart. But with each step, he is haunted by more of his own broken memories. Not even Pan himself is what he seems. Claire Kenton is chained to a pirate ship, watching the wreckage of Neverland rocked by tempests. When she finally finds her brother, Connor is every bit as shattered as the island. Claire may have pixie dust flowing in her veins--but the light of Neverland is flickering dangerously close to going out forever.

The Dreamt Land

The Dreamt Land
Author: Mark Arax
Publisher: Vintage
Total Pages: 578
Release: 2020-04-07
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1101910194
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A vivid, searching journey into California's capture of water and soil—the epic story of a people's defiance of nature and the wonders, and ruin, it has wrought Mark Arax is from a family of Central Valley farmers, a writer with deep ties to the land who has watched the battles over water intensify even as California lurches from drought to flood and back again. In The Dreamt Land, he travels the state to explore the one-of-a-kind distribution system, built in the 1940s, '50s and '60s, that is straining to keep up with California's relentless growth. The Dreamt Land weaves reportage, history and memoir to confront the "Golden State" myth in riveting fashion. No other chronicler of the West has so deeply delved into the empires of agriculture that drink so much of the water. The nation's biggest farmers—the nut king, grape king and citrus queen—tell their story here for the first time. Arax, the native son, is persistent and tough as he treks from desert to delta, mountain to valley. What he finds is hard earned, awe-inspiring, tragic and revelatory. In the end, his compassion for the land becomes an elegy to the dream that created California and now threatens to undo it.

Seven for a Secret

Seven for a Secret
Author: Lyndsay Faye
Publisher: Penguin Group
Total Pages: 497
Release: 2014-08-05
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0425270882
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One of The Wall Street Journal’s Ten Best Mysteries of the Year “Amazing...This is a series for the ages, it’s so spectacular.”—Gillian Flynn, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Gone Girl 1846: In New York City, slave catching isn’t just legal—it’s law enforcement. Six months after the formation of the NYPD, its most reluctant and talented officer, Timothy Wilde, learns of the gruesome underworld of lies and corruption ruled by the “blackbirders,” who snatch free Northerners of color from their homes, masquerade them as slaves, and sell them South to toil as plantation property. When the beautiful and terrified Lucy Adams staggers into Timothy’s office to report a robbery and is asked what was stolen, her reply is, “My family.” Their search for her mixed-race sister and son will plunge Timothy and his feral brother, Valentine, into a world where police are complicit and politics savage, and where corpses appear in the most shocking of places…

Dust and Shadow

Dust and Shadow
Author: Lindsey Pogue
Publisher: Roar Press LLC
Total Pages: 417
Release: 2017-09-15
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:
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Thirst rules. Ignorance is power. Nothing is as it seems. Centuries after the boom of the Industrial Revolution, sandstorms ravage the land, chivalry is dead, and the frills and frivolities of the Romantic Era are a distant memory. Marshal Cunningham rules Sagebrush Canyon with lies and an iron fist. But after the horrors he wreaks on Jo’s family, she’ll do everything she can to expose the tyrant he truly is.Just when Jo plans to make her move, the marshal plays a card of his own—his notoriously scandalous son, Clayton. As Jo and Clayton are forced together, painful truths are revealed, lines become blurred, and Jo must decide if she is willing to sacrifice her heart or Sagebrush for retribution. Dust and Shadow is an arranged-marriage Victorian love story and adventure set in the weather-ravaged, forgotten world of the American wild west. This richly imagined story, steeped with courageous, beautifully broken characters is the perfect read for Amy Harmon and Adrienne Young fans. Praise for Dust and Shadow: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ "Truly AMAZING... submerged within a fascinating world!" ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ "I want everyone to read this book!" - Carol Goodreads Addict Reviews ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ "Romance, adventure, sci-fi, mystery...great twists and turns throughout!" - Amazon Reviewer ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ " Lindsey Pogue never fails to deliver." - Amazon Reviewer ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ "The writing itself was stunning - the narrative flowed effortlessly." - Author Unpublished Book Review ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ "The Dystopian genre is not one I would choose to read but I became a fan of the way Lindsey Pogue writes." Forgotten Lands Series: Borne of Sand and Scorn (Prequel Novella free with newsletter subscription) Dust and Shadow Earth and Ember Tide and Tempest Ruined Lands Folklore and Fairy Tale Retellings: City of Ruin (Beauty and the Beast) Sea of Storms (Norse Mythology) Land of Fury (Norse Snow White) www.lindseypogue.com/newsletter Keywords: victorian post-apocalyptic western romance, historical fantasy, steampunk, young adult, new adult, historical fiction, adrienne young, amy harmon, cowboys, cowgirls, industrial revolution, gun slinging, romance ebook, ebook, historical fantasy, casey L bond, child abuse, death and dying, climate change, old west, wild west, American west, Arizona, desert, nineteenth century, adventure romance, action adventure, fantasy series starter, fantasy reads, native american, indigenous, dystopian, Guns & Smoke, the stand, stephen king, western adventure, Victorian western, gaslamp fantasy