The Sun Singer is a book of calculated splintered realities. The line between the real and the metaphysical is blurred through the eyes of a coming-of-age teenager whose psychic ability mirrors that of his precious grandfather. His grandfather holds the secrets of a world that co-exists with and within us here on earth.  read more »

Susanna Clarke's Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell (Bloomsbury, 2004) was such a stunning debut novel, I couldn't imagine how she could possibly top this 800-page wonder about a magical, alternative 19th century England.  read more »