A Peculiar Peril (#1 The Misadventures of Jonathan Lambshead)

Author(s): Jeff VanderMeer

Teenage

A Peculiar Peril is a head-spinning epic about three friends on a quest to protect the world from a threat as unknowable as it is terrifying, from the Nebula Award-winning and New York Times bestselling author of Annihilation, Jeff VanderMeer.

Jonathan Lambshead stands to inherit his deceased grandfather's overstuffed mansion--a veritable cabinet of curiosities--once he and two schoolmates catalog its contents. But the three soon discover that the house is filled with far more than just oddities: It holds clues linking to an alt-Earth called Aurora, where the notorious English occultist Aleister Crowley has stormed back to life on a magic-fueled rampage across a surreal, through-the-looking-glass version of Europe replete with talking animals (and vegetables).

Swept into encounters with allies more unpredictable than enemies, Jonathan pieces together his destiny as a member of a secret society devoted to keeping our world separate from Aurora. But as the ground shifts and allegiances change with every step, he and his friends sink ever deeper into a deadly pursuit of the profound evil that is also chasing after them.


Product Information

General Fields

  • : 9780374308865
  • : Farrar, Straus & Giroux
  • : Farrar, Straus & Giroux (BYR)
  • : 0.3
  • : May 2020
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  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Jeff VanderMeer
  • : Hardback
  • : Sep-20
  • : English
  • : 656