{"product_id":"9781526650078","title":"Ordinary Monsters: The dark and dazzling Sunday Times bestseller and first book in the Talents Trilogy","description":"Author: Miro, J M\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781526650078\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Bloomsbury\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 03 Oct 2023\u003cbr\u003ePages: 672 Format: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e* THE INSTANT \u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER *\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'An enthralling read' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eGUARDIAN\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A thrilling blend of fantasy and horror, richly imagined and masterfully executed' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eSFX\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Terrific . . . A book that creeps up on you, wearing brass knuckles'\u003c\/b\u003e CONN IGGULDEN\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e_______________\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe first in a captivating new historical fantasy series, ORDINARY MONSTERS introduces the Talents with a catastrophic vision of the Victorian world, and the gifted, broken children who must save it.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eThere in the shadows was a figure in a cloak, at the bottom of the cobblestone stair, and it turned and stared up at them as still and unmoving as a pillar of darkness, but it had no face, only smoke . . .\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e1882.\u003c\/b\u003e North of Edinburgh, on the edge of an isolated loch, lies an institution of crumbling stone, where a strange doctor collects orphans with unusual abilities. In London, two children with such powers are hunted by a figure of darkness     a man made of smoke.\u003cbr\u003eCharlie Ovid discovers a gift for healing himself through a brutal upbringing in Mississippi, while Marlowe, a foundling from a railway freight, glows with a strange bluish light. When two grizzled detectives are recruited to escort them north to safety, they are confronted by a sinister, dangerous force that threatens to upend the world as they know it.\u003cbr\u003eWhat follows is a journey from the gaslit streets of London to the lochs of Scotland, where other gifted children     the Talents     have been gathered at Cairndale Institute, and the realms of the dead and the living collide. As secrets within the Institute unfurl, Marlowe, Charlie and the rest of the Talents will discover the truth about their abilities and the nature of the force that is stalking them- that the worst monsters sometimes come bearing the sweetest gifts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e_______________\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003edazzling mountain of wild invention, Dickensian eccentrics, supernatural horrors and gripping suspense'\u003c\/b\u003e JOE HILL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Expansive in scope and storytelling, \u003ci\u003eOrdinary Monsters \u003c\/i\u003ebuilds an electrifying Victorian world'\u003c\/b\u003e CARI THOMAS\u003cbr\u003eJ.M. Miro's book 'Ordinary Monsters' was a #5 Sunday Times bestseller w\/e 04-06-2022.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46631858569374,"sku":"UBD-9781526650078","price":24.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781526650078.jpg?v=1774310431","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781526650078","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}