Armistice returns to Donnelly's ravishing 1930s Art Deco-tinged fantasy world of Amberlough with a decadent, tumultuous mixture of sex, politics, and spies.
Lara Elena Donnelly is a graduate of the Clarion Writers' Workshop, as well as the Alpha SF/F/H Workshop for Young Writers, where she now volunteers as onsite staff and publicity coordinator. She currently resides in Harlem, in a tower named after Ella Fitzgerald. She is the author of the Amberlough Dossier series. Visitheronlineat laradonnelly.com and on twitter @larazontally
"Bracing [and] timely...Donnelly has successfully built upon her
intricate, lush world of passionate spies and turncoats, and each
character leaps off the page in this satisfying novel that succeeds
on both grand an intimate scales." --Publishers Weekly, starred
review, on Armistice "Donnelly's use of language, setting, and
descriptions all serve to evoke a smoky, lustrous Art Deco
atmosphere reminiscent of a 1930s theatrical production. Offer it
to adventurous Le Carr� fans: readers in search of espionage and
political intrigue--with a dash of romance--against a distinctive
backdrop." -- Booklist, on Armistice "Donnelly returns readers to
the world of Amberlough (2017) in this sequel, in which the fallout
of a fascist regime's triumph continues to haunt those who escaped
it...or who thought they had. [For] readers who enjoy luxuriating
in the book's rich prose, sharp dialogue, and detailed
interpersonal histories." --Kirkus Reviews, on Armistice
For Amberlough: "James Bond by way of Oscar Wilde." --Holly Black
"Donnelly blends romance and tragedy, evoking gilded-age glamour
and the thrill of a spy adventure, in this impressive debut. As
heartbreaking as it is satisfying." -Publishers Weekly, starred
review "Donnelly's striking debut brings a complex world of
politics, espionage, and cabaret life to full vision. The emotional
journeys of the characters as they struggle to survive in a society
under siege by dark forces will strike a chord with readers as they
race to the story's conclusion." --Library Journal, starred review,
Debut of the Month "A tightly woven and diverse cast of spies,
criminals, cabaret bohemians, and lovers struggles to save what
matters to each of them against a tide of rising fascism and
violence in Donnelly's debut novel, set in a vaguely 1920s
milieu....A sense of inevitable loss and futility permeates this
rich drama. The fascists may never be defeated but only escaped--if
the characters are willing to abandon the people they love. That
dilemma will haunt them, as it haunts the reader." --Kirkus Reviews
"Amberlough grabbed me from the first page. It is beautiful, all
too real, and full of pain. Read it. It will change you." --Hugo
Award-winning author Mary Robinette Kowal "An astonishing first
novel!" --World Fantasy Award-winning author Ellen Kushner
"Sparkling with slang, full of riotous characters, and dripping
with intrigue, Amberlough is a dazzling romp through a tumultuous,
ravishing world." --Robert Jackson Bennett, winner of the Shirley
Jackson Award and the Edgar Award "It's a terrific novel. Very
Evelyn Waugh meets The Sandbaggers." --John Chu, Hugo-award winning
author "A peach softens and grows sweeter until it reaches a
fragile state, lasting only about six hours, during which it's
actually better than perfect--and then it goes off, it's gone, it's
through. In Amberlough Donnelly takes us to a city and culture just
tipping from this pluperfect moment. What a rich and melancholy
book; so tragic, so gay!" --Kai Ashante Wilson, author of Sorcerer
of the Wildeeps and the Nebula & World Fantasy finalist for "The
Devil in America"
"This is the book we need right now. Amberlough is a gorgeous,
crucial reminder that even when the Fascists take over, people will
fight back - no matter how flawed or frightened or damaged they
might be, or how much they risk by doing so." --Sam J. Miller,
finalist for the Nebula, World Fantasy, and Theodore Sturgeon
Awards and winner of the Shirley Jackson Award "Amberlough offers a
sharp, lush, sensual espionage Cabaret, a Weimar world of lovers,
criminals and spies all floating toward the fire." --Max Gladstone,
LAMBDA Literary Award finalist "Intrigue and passions intertwine in
Amberlough - A city on the edge of political upheaval, glittering
with decadence and riddled with spies! Be careful or you too will
be lost in the whirl of the kind of glamour familiar in 1930s
Shanghai or Weimar-era Berlin. Donnelley's debut is powerfully
seductive and wrenching." --Fran Wilde, author of Updraft "A
glittering cabaret of a novel, with show-stopping language on every
page." --Lev AC Rosen, author of Depth "Holy cow--this book is
sharp, queer, sexy, and positively eviscerating. It's Cabaret meets
spy novel in a lushly imagined fictional city, and a terrifyingly
topical tale of fascism's rise. It's a brilliantly realized
gut-punch. Highly recommended!" --James L. Sutter, co-creator of
the Pathfinder RPG series "Lust and betrayal, intrigue and
treachery, feints within feints within feints--Amberlough will keep
readers up late into the night. I look forward to more adventures
from Lara Elena Donnelly." --D.B. Jackson, author of the Thieftaker
Chronicles "Amberlough is the stiletto-sharp tale of an
intelligence agent caught between corrupt handlers, a rising
fascist regime, and his doomed passion for the notorious star of a
sizzling underworld nightclub. Sexy and suspenseful, with
characters who play for keeps, Donnelly's debut novel mixes
secrets, spying, and outlawed love like a perfectly made
cocktail... one that seduces before hitting you with an
unforgettable kick." --A.M. Dellamonica, LAMBDA Literary Award
finalist for Child of a Hidden Sea "Weirdly elegant, wholly
engaging, Donnelly's Amberlough is a richly visualized and
genuinely fascinating novel. I couldn't put it down." --Josh
Lanyon, author of the Adrien English Mysteries, and USA Book News
Award for GLBT Fiction and the Eppie Award winner "If you put David
Bowie, China Mieville, and Shakespeare in Love into a blender, you
might get something as rich and frothy as Amberlough. An intricate
tale of society where nothing is as it seems, and where the
political is all-too-personal." --Cecilia Tan, author of The Struck
by Lightning series
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