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Dreams and Shadows by C. Robert Cargill

Dreams and Shadows

by C. Robert Cargill

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  • Feb 2013, 448 pages
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Something is missing from Ewan and Colby's lives. Residing in the corners of their memories is their time in Limestone Kingdom, a realm filled with magic and mystery, a world where only some may travel amongst the menagerie of mystical souls and sinister demons.

Cargill offers well-crafted characters and an absorbing, intricate plot that will appeal to fans of Neil Gaiman and Lev Grossman. Dreams and Shadows pulls you into an extraordinary universe of darkness that exposes the magic and monsters in our world, and in ourselves.

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"Starred Review. Readers with delicate sensibilities should leave this one for those who enjoy a roller-coaster ride into the depths of strangeness and despair." - Publishers Weekly

"Starred Review. A mesmerizing and highly original debut." - Kirkus

"Hard to put down…this is definitely going to attract readers of contemporary fantasy, particular those who enjoy Neil Gaiman's adult books or Lev Grossman's The Magicians." - Library Journal

"Richly imagined...an auspicious debut." - Booklist

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C. Robert Cargill Author Biography

C. Robert Cargill is the author of Dreams and Shadows and Queen of the Dark Things. He has written for Ain't it Cool News for nearly a decade under the pseudonym Massawyrm, served as a staff writer for Film.com and Hollywood.com, and appeared as the animated character Carlyle on Spill.com. He is a cowriter of the horror films Sinister and Sinister 2, and Marvel's Dr. Strange. He lives with his wife in Austin, Texas.

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