Ghost Talkers Contributor(s): Kowal, Mary Robinette (Author) |
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ISBN: 0765378264 ISBN-13: 9780765378262 Publisher: Tor Books OUR PRICE: $16.19 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2017 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Fantasy - Historical - Fiction | Fantasy - Paranormal - Fiction | Ghost |
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.5" W x 8.2" (0.5 lbs) 304 pages |
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Publisher Description: "Powerful, laden with emotion, and smartly written." --Brandon Sanderson, author of Mistborn and The Way of Kings Ghost Talkers is a brilliant historical fantasy novel from acclaimed author Mary Robinette Kowal featuring the mysterious spirit corps and their heroic work in World War I. Ginger Stuyvesant, an American heiress living in London during World War I, is engaged to Captain Benjamin Harford, an intelligence officer. Ginger is a medium for the Spirit Corps, a special Spiritualist force. Each soldier heading for the front is conditioned to report to the mediums of the Spirit Corps when they die so the Corps can pass instant information about troop movements to military intelligence. Ginger and her fellow mediums contribute a great deal to the war efforts, so long as they pass the information through appropriate channels. While Ben is away at the front, Ginger discovers the presence of a traitor. Without the presence of her fianc to validate her findings, the top brass thinks she's just imagining things. Even worse, it is clear that the Spirit Corps is now being directly targeted by the German war effort. Left to her own devices, Ginger has to find out how the Germans are targeting the Spirit Corps and stop them. This is a difficult and dangerous task for a woman of that era, but this time both the spirit and the flesh are willing... Other BooksForest of Memory Glamour in Glass Of Noble Family Shades of Milk and Honey Valour and Vanity Without a Summer |
Contributor Bio(s): Kowal, Mary Robinette: - MARY ROBINETTE KOWAL was the 2008 recipient of the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer and a Hugo winner for her story "For Want of a Nail." Her short fiction has appeared in Strange Horizons, Asimov's, and several Year's Best anthologies. She also writes the Glamourist History series, which began with Shades of Milk and Honey. A professional puppeteer and voice actor, she spent five years touring nationally with puppet theaters. She lives in Chicago with her husband Rob and many manual typewriters. |