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Published Nov 2009
384 pages
Genre: Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Speculative, Alt. History
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Thirty years ago the lights went out, the airplanes fell, the cars went still, the cities all went dark. The laws humanity had always known were replaced by new laws that could only be called magic. The world has changed forever. Or has it?
In a small community on the California coast are Fred Garey and his friend Yan, both born after the Change. Yan dreams of doing something so big his name will live on forever. He thinks he's found it - a way to reverse the Change. But Fred fears the repercussions of such drastic, irreversible steps.
"A sporadically charming sequel to 1983's Ariel...but it's marred by fuzzy details...and lacks the original's sparkle." - Publishers Weekly
"Starred Review. Laced with humor in odd places...an example of first-rate storytelling that serves up both a cautionary tale for the 21st century and an author's masterwork. Highly recommended. " - Library Journal
“When I grow up, I want to write half as well as Steven Boyett. Elergy Beach made me green with envy. An incredible book, an engrossing, utterly original post-apocalyptic world populated with captivating people.Boyett’s writing is magic." - New York Times bestselling author Ilona Andrews
"Stunning. Soul-satisfying. Steven Boyett knows people and he knows how to tell a story." - #1 New York Times bestselling author Patricia Briggs
"A worthy successor to one of my favorite adventure novels of all time: Elergy Beach was worth the wait." - Cory Doctorow, author of Little Brother, co-editor of BoingBoing
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