Catherynne M. Valente enchanted readers with her spellbinding In\nthe Night Garden. Now she continues to weave her storytelling magic\nin a new book of Orphan’s Tales—an epic of the fantastic and the\nexotic, the monstrous and mysterious, that will transport you far\naway from the everyday….

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Her name and origins are unknown, but the endless tales inked\nupon this orphan’s eyelids weave a spell over all who listen to her\nread her secret history. And who can resist the stories she tells?\nFrom the Lake of the Dead and the City of Marrow to the artists who\nremain behind in a ghost city of spice, here are stories of\nhedgehog warriors and winged skeletons, loyal leopards and sparrow\ncalligraphers. Nothing is too fantastic, anything can happen, but\nyou’ll never guess what comes next in these intimately linked\nadventures of firebirds and djinn, singing manticores, mutilated\nunicorns, and women made entirely of glass and gears. Graced with\nthe magical illustrations of Michael Kaluta, In the Cities of Coins\nand Spice is a book of dreams and wonders unlike any you’ve ever\nencountered. Open it anywhere and you will fall under its spell.\nFor here the story never ends and the magic is only beginning….

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