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More copies of this ISBN:This title in other formats:Four and Twenty Blackbirdsby Cherie Priest
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:"Spooky and engrossing, this revenge play is as sticky as a salmagundi made from blood and swamp dirt. Priest can write scenes that are jump-out-of-your-skin scary. This is the first installment in what I can only hope will be a long and terrifying friendship." --Cory Doctorow "Fine writing, humor, thrills, real scares, the touch of the occult . . . had me from the first page. I read straight through. An absolutely wonderful debut, and a book not to be missed." --Heather Graham "Cherie Priest has created a chilling page-turner in her debut novel. Her voice is rich, earthy, soulful, and deliciously southern as she weaves a disturbing yarn like a master! Awesome-gives you goosebumps!" --L.A. Banks Review:"The classic Southern gothic gets an edgy modern makeover in Priest's debut novel about a young woman's investigation into the truth of her origins. What Eden Moore digs up in the roots of her diseased family tree takes her across the South, from the ruins of the Pine Breeze sanitarium in Tennessee to a corpse-filled swamp in Florida, and back in time to the Civil War, when the taint in her family bloodline sets in motion events building only now to a supernatural crescendo. Priest adds little new to the gothic canon, but makes neo-goth chick Eden spunky enough to deal with a variety of clich menaces — a scheming family matriarch, a brooding Poe-esque mansion and a genealogy greatly confused with inbreeding — that would have sent the genre's traditional wilting violets into hysterics. Eden is a heroine for the aging Buffy crowd, and her adventures will play best to postadolescent horror fans. Agent, Lantz Powell." Publishers Weekly (Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.) Review:"Cherie Priest kicks ass! Four and Twenty Blackbirds is lush, rich, intense, and as dark and dangerous as a gator-ridden swamp." (Maggie Shayne)Review:"Had me from the first page. I read straight through. An absolutely wonderful debut, and a book not to be missed." (Heather Graham)Review:"Cherie [Priests] voice is rich, earthy, soulful, and deliciously southern as she weaves a disturbing yarn like a master! Awesome!" (L.A. Banks)Review:"This is the first installment in what I can only hope will be a long and terrifying friendship." (Cory Doctorow)Review:"Breathlessly readable, palpably atmospheric and compellingly suspenseful, Four and Twenty Blackbirds is a considerable debut." (Ramsey Campbell)Review:"Cherie Priest has mastered the art of braiding atmosphere, suspense and metaphysics into a resonant ghost story." (Katherine Ramsland)Review:"Wonderful. Enchanting. Amazing . . . will satisfy that buttery Southern taste, as well as that biting aftertaste of the dark side." Review:"Four and Twenty Blackbirds is a rare bird, the novel you wish youd written yourself--excellent!" (C.J. Henderson)Review:"Four and Twenty Blackbirds is an extraordinary first novel--heck, its an extraordinary novel, period.... keep an eye on Cherie Priest!" (SciFiDimensions.com)Review:"Southern Gothic at its best. An absorbing mystery told with humour and bite." (Kelley Armstrong)Synopsis:Although she was orphaned at birth, Eden Moore is never alone. Three dead women keep watch from the shadows, bound to protect her from the violence that took their lives a century ago. But in the woods a gunman waits, and Eden must pay for the sins of her great-grandfather or history may do far worse than repeat itself. About the AuthorCherie Priest lives in Chattanooga, Tennessee, where she is a writer for a computer company. This is her first novel. What Our Readers Are SayingAdd a comment for a chance to win!
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