Mind the Gap: A Novel of the Hidden Cities

"The super-fast pacing and creepy touches give this teen adventure plenty of character."―Publishers Weekly Returning to her home in London, teen Jasmine Towne realizes just how long she’s been training for the moment she would be on her own. Her paranoid mother’s last words, scrawled in her own blood, demand her action: JAZZ HIDE FOREVER. In this moment, the strange men who have always hung around her family’s life―whom her mother called the Uncles―become starkly sinister. And they’re on her trail. Seeking cover in the Underground, Jazz slips through a mysterious gate, down tunnels, and seemingly through time. Inside an abandoned city of bomb shelters and forgotten Tube stations, she finds temporary refuge with a gang of petty thieves. Flashes of the past, spectral and haunting, share the tunnels…with no regard for the living. For how long can Jazz hide from the terrors of both her worlds?

Publishers Weekly

"...The super-fast pacing and creepy touches...give this teen adventure plenty of character."

Peter Straub, author of In the Night Room

"Christopher Golden is one of the most hardworking, smartest, and talented writers of his generation, and his books are so good and so involving that they really ought to sell in huge numbers. Everything he writes glows with imagination."

Douglas Clegg, author of The Queen of Wolves

"Tim Lebbon is a master of fantasy and horror, and his visions make for disturbing and compelling reading."

New York Times Book Review

"Tim Lebbon displays the sort of cool irony and uncanny mood-making that drives the best Twilight Zone stories."

Publishers Weekly starred review for The Map of Moments

“Golden and Lebbon have far outstripped their past efforts with this wonderfully creepy thriller of a ghost story.”

Charles de Lint, author of Promises to Keep

"A new book by Golden means only one thing: the reader is in for a treat. His books are rich with texture and characters, always inventive, and totally addictive."

Booklist on The Map of Moments

“Golden and Lebbon vividly evoke the rich, enduring character of New Orleans, as well as spinning a compelling fantasy yarn that builds momentum as Max works his way through the city’s history.”

About the Author

Christopher Golden is the New York Times bestselling author of such novels as Ararat,Snowblind, Tin Men, The Myth Hunters, Wildwood Road, The Boys Are Back in Town, The Ferryman, Strangewood, and Of Saints and Shadows. He has also written books for teens and young adults, including Poison Ink, Soulless, and the thriller series Body of Evidence, honored by the New York Public Library and chosen as one of YALSA's Best Books for Young Readers. Golden co-wrote the illustrated novel Baltimore, or, The Steadfast Tin Soldier and the Vampire with Mike Mignola, which became the launching pad for the cult favorite comics series Baltimore. As an editor, he has worked on the short story anthologies Seize the Night, The New Dead, and The Monster's Corner, among others, and has also written and co-written comic books, video games, screenplays, a BBC radio play, the online animated series Ghosts of Albion (with Amber Benson), and a network television pilot. Golden was born and raised in Massachusetts, where he still lives with his family. His original novels have been published in more than fourteen languages in countries around the world.TIM LEBBON is a New York Times-bestselling writer from South Wales. He’s had over forty novels published to date, as well as hundreds of novellas and short stories. His latest novel is the supernatural thriller Relics. He has won numerous awards and seen his work adapted for the big screen. Find out more about Tim at his website www.timlebbon.net

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