Deep Roots (The Innsmouth Legacy, 2)

"Wicked for the Cthulhu Mythos" ―Seanan McGuire on the Innsmouth LegacyA finalist for the Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel and the Dragon Award for Best Fantasy NovelRuthanna Emrys’ Innsmouth Legacy, which began with Winter Tide and continues with Deep Roots, confronts H. P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos head-on, boldly upturning his fear of the unknown with a heart-warming story of found family, acceptance, and perseverance in the face of human cruelty and the cosmic apathy of the universe. Emrys brings together a family of outsiders, bridging the gaps between the many people marginalized by the homogenizing pressure of 1940s America.Aphra Marsh, descendant of the People of the Water, has survived Deep One internment camps and made a grudging peace with the government that destroyed her home and exterminated her people on land. Deep Rootscontinues Aphra’s journey to rebuild her life and family on land, as she tracks down long-lost relatives. She must repopulate Innsmouth or risk seeing it torn down by greedy developers, but as she searches she discovers that people have been going missing. She will have to unravel the mystery, or risk seeing her way of life slip away.The Innsmouth LegacyBook 1: Winter TideBook 2: Deep Roots

Booklist PRAISE FOR WINTER TIDE

"Deep Roots is a marvel of a fantasy novel, with monsters fighting for their very existence and a place to call their own."

Cherie Priest, author of Maplecroft and Boneshaker

"A weird, lyrical mystery ― truly strange and compellingly grim. It's an innovative gem that turns Lovecraft on his head with cleverness and heart"

Charles Stross, Hugo Award-winning author of the Laundry Files and the Merchant Princes series

"A mythos yarn that totally reverses the polarity on Lovecraft's xenophobia, so that in the end the only real monsters are human beings."

Victor LaValle, author of The Ballad of Black Tom and The Devil in Silver

"A treasure chest. This is an excellent novel and I can't wait for more."

Seanan McGuire, New York Times bestselling author of Every Heart a Doorway

"This is Wicked for the Cthulhu Mythos: never quite contradicting, but dancing through the shadows and dredging beautiful things out of the deep, pulling them, at last, into the light."

Smart Bitches Trashy Books

"I just want to hang out more with Aphra and her found family, not to mention her family under the sea. [Winter Tide] is a great story and a seamless subversion of Lovecraft’s most repellent views while simultaneously being a tribute to his greatest accomplishments."

Andrew Liptak, The Verge

"Emrys plots out an impressive book that updates Lovecraft’s creations with added nuance and empathy."

RT BookReviews Top Pick, 4 ½ Stars

“Deeply felt, humane...exceptionally compelling.”

Kirkus Reviews

"Winter Tide is a delicious, rich concoction that centers its story on its characters."

Liz Bourke for Locus Magazine

"A generous novel, a kind one, and an exceptionally accomplished debut."

Publishers Weekly

"Relevant and resonant."

Booklist

"Emrys uses the beautiful structures of Lovecraft to make a bold statement about difference and culture."

Forbidden Planet

"[I] will certainly be looking forward to anything else written by Ruthanna Emrys. [An] intriguing and welcoming book."

Daniel José Older, New York Times bestselling author of Shadowshaper and Midnight Taxi Tango

“Winter Tide is a haunting, beautifully-crafted ballad exploring love, loss, and monsters.”

Jo Walton, Hugo Award-winning author of Among Others and The Just City

“An engrossing story about othering and family that turns Lovecraft fascinatingly inside out.”

Alex Bledsoe, author of Long Black Curl

"Winter Tide shines an unexpected light on the shadow over Innsmouth, and shows how all creatures have to find common ground (or ocean) against evil."

Sam J. Miller, winner of the Shirley Jackson Award

"Emrys has done what Lovecraft never could ― create complex characters in an intricate plot that engages the heart at the same time as it curdles the blood."

About the Author

RUTHANNA EMRYS lives in a mysterious manor house on the outskirts of Washington, DC with her wife and their large, strange family. Her stories have appeared in a number of venues, including Strange Horizons, Analog, and Tor.com. She is the author of the Innsmouth Legacy series, which began with Winter Tide. She makes home-made vanilla, obsesses about game design, gives unsolicited advice, and occasionally attempts to save the world.

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