The Shadow Men: A Novel of the Hidden Cities

From Beacon Hill to Southie, historic Boston is a town of vibrant neighborhoods knit into a seamless whole. But as Jim Banks and Trix Newcomb learn in a terrifying instant, it is also a city divided―split into three separate versions of itself by a mad magician once tasked with its protection. Jim is happily married to Jenny, with whom he has a young daughter, Holly. Trix is Jenny’s best friend, practically a member of the family―although she has secretly been in love with Jenny for years. Then Jenny and Holly inexplicably disappear―and leave behind a Boston in which they never existed. Only Jim and Trix remember them. Only Jim and Trix can bring them back.With the help of Boston’s Oracle, an elderly woman with magical powers, Jim and Trix travel between the fractured cities, for that is where Jenny and Holly have gone. But more is at stake than one family’s happiness. If Jim and Trix should fail, the spell holding the separate Bostons apart will fail too, and the cities will reintegrate in a cataclysmic implosion. Someone, it seems, wants just that. Someone with deadly shadow men at their disposal.

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.”

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.”

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."

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."

New York Times Book Review

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

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."

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."

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

Reviews

News