Under the Pendulum Sun [Paperback]

Winner of the John W Campbell Award for Best New Writer, Jeannette Ng brings a stunningly different Victorian fantasy that mixes Crimson Peak with Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell. 

Victorian missionaries travel into the heart of the newly discovered lands of the Fae, in a stunningly different fantasy that mixesCrimson PeakwithJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell.

Catherine Helstone’s brother, Laon, has disappeared in Arcadia, legendary land of the magical fae. Desperate for news of him, she makes the perilous journey, but once there, she finds herself alone and isolated in the sinister house of Gethsemane. At last there comes news: her beloved brother is riding to be reunited with her soon but the Queen of the Fae and her insane court are hard on his heels.

File Under:Fantasy [ In Arcadia | Seek and Hide | The Queen of Moths | Lands of the Damned ]

“An opulently atmospheric piece of neo-Victorian fantasy set in a 19th century in which the British are sending missionaries to Fairyland. It’s a strange, brooding and occasionally perverse debut.”
– The Guardian, The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of 2017

Intriguing... fascinating.
– Publishers Weekly

“An evocative, claustrophobic Gothic novel with strikingly creepy set-pieces, which repeatedly dislocates its reader’s and characters’ worldview in a forceful examination of faith and the power of stories.”
– Aliette de Bodard, Nebula, Locus and BSFA Award-winning author of The House of Shattered Wings

“The world-building and atmosphere are just incredible. It’s especially gripping because the normal rules don’t apply, and nothing is as it seems.”
– Syfy Wire, The 10 Best Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books of 2017

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