#In splendid city skin
#In splendid city plus
#In splendid city free

In a world filled with malevolent surveillance drones and animatronic President heads, a gun-toting cat with a hair-trigger temper and a witch with an inconvenient penchant for the truth have to contend with a reality that makes them look sensible by comparison. but Karen Heuler's specialty is accomplishing the impossible.

'It might seem impossible to see the humor in the nightmarish absurdities, disinformation, paranoia, and fanaticism of contemporary life. – Ann VanderMeer, Award Winning Editor of The Big Book of Modern Fantasy Heuler’s excellent imagination and biting humor brings it all together. Seriously, the best political fiction sneaks its way into our hearts and minds rather than hitting us on top of our heads.

This novel is so much fun and yet there is a deeper, darker story here. ' The Splendid City is a splendid read indeed! How can anyone resist talking cats? I know I can’t. – Gregory Norman Bossert, filmmaker, writer and World Fantasy Award winner 'With its whimsy, compassionate characterizations, and sly satire, The Splendid City recalls the best of Terry Pratchett. – Brian Evenson, World Fantasy Award winner of Song for the Unraveling of the World Satirical, and yet somehow more than just a satire, the joy of The Splendid City lies in the quirky and all-embracing exuberance of Heuler's imagination.'

#In splendid city skin

'A sly and wild and funny book which uses witches, talking robotic heads, water shortages, the internet, a revolution, and a cat who used to be human (and who is now pretending to be a human with a skin condition) to cheerfully dissect the travails of what it is like to live in contemporary America. – Paul Tremblay, author of The Cabin at the End of the Worldand The Pallbearers Club 'Karen Heuler's soaring imagination is matched only by her integrity of vision and humanity.

#In splendid city plus

You'll find witches, cats, animatronic politicians and much more besides - plus sinister undertones combined with laugh-out-loud surrealism.' The writing is engaging and smooth, with excellent banter, as the communal power of women works to find a purpose in a crazy world.' In this world without a moral center, Eleanor, a witch, and her black cat familiar, Stan, who walks on two legs and packs a gun, much like Behemoth from Bulgakov’s The Master and Margarita, are called to solve a mystery. 'Karen Heuler’s The Splendid City is a wonderful fabulation, both humorous and contemplative, about the desperate state of US politics and society. 'A sharp, lively, funny contemporary fantasy with the feel of an up-to-date, more adult version of L Frank Baum’s Oz books.' A talking cat who loves craft beers, picket lines, and duping and ‘shooting’ people.Įleanor has no time for Stan and his shenanigans, because she finds herself helping another coven locate a missing witch which she thinks is mysteriously linked to the shortage of water in Liberty.įile Under: Fantasy This terrifying (and yet somehow vaguely familiar) terrain is explored via Eleanor – a young woman eagerly learning about the gifts of her magic through the support of her coven.īut being a white witch is not as easy as they portray it in the books, and she’s already been placed under ‘house arrest’ with a letch named Stan, a co-worker who wronged her in the past and now exists in the form of a cat. In this society, paranoia is well-suited because eyes and ears are all around, and they are judging.

#In splendid city free

In the state of Liberty, water is rationed at alarming prices, free speech is hardly without a cost, and Texas has just declared itself its own country. A genre-blending story of modern witchcraft, a police state and WTF characters, for fans of Alice Hoffman and Madeline Miller.