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Shriek: An Afterword
 

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Fantasy

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Jeff VanderMeer - Shriek: An Afterword - 6 Archren


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1 2006-08-26 Tor Books  

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An epic yet personal look at several decades of life, love, and death in the imaginary city of Ambergrispreviously chronicled in Jeff VanderMeers acclaimed City of Saints & MadmenShriek: An Afterword relates the scandalous, heartbreaking, and horrifying secret history of two squabbling siblings and their confidantes, protectors, and enemies. Narrated with flamboyant intensity and under increasingly urgent conditions by ex-society figure Janice Shriek, this afterword presents a vivid gallery of characters and events, emphasizing the adventures of Janices brother Duncan, a historian obsessed with a doomed love affair and a secret that may kill or transform him; a war between rival publishing houses that will change Ambergris forever; and the gray caps, a marginalized people armed with advanced fungal technologies who have been waiting underground for their chance to mold the future of the city. Part academic treatise, part tell-all biography, after this introduction to the Family Shriek, youll never look at history in quite the same way again.