From the award-winning author of Legend of a Suicide: "A kind of modern fairy tale . . . Vann's novels are striking, uncompromising portraits of American life" (Kirkus Reviews, starred review).
 
David Vann's dazzling debut Legend of a Suicide was reviewed in over a 150 major global publications, won eleven prizes worldwide, was on forty "best books of the year" lists, and established its author as a literary master. Now, in crystalline, chiseled yet graceful prose, Aquarium takes us into the heart of a brave young girl whose longing for love and capacity for forgiveness transforms the damaged people around her . . .
 
Twelve-year-old Caitlin lives alone with her mother—a docker at the local container port—in subsidized housing next to an airport in Seattle. Each day, while she waits to be picked up after school, Caitlin visits the local aquarium to study the fish. Gazing at the creatures within the watery depths, Caitlin accesses a shimmering universe beyond her own. When she befriends an old man at the tanks one day, who seems as enamored by the fish as she, Caitlin cracks open a dark family secret and propels her once-blissful relationship with her mother toward a precipice of terrifying consequence.
 
"A blue-collar parable . . . [The character] looks back on her life as a child looks into a tank, hoping to make sense of the world inside—a theme Vann develops beautifully, creating a mysterious realm of the wintry American city." —The Guardian
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Pirates of the Caribbean meets The Six of Crows, with a dash of Arcane season 1, and lashings of banter.

Meet Rory: dreadlocked pickpocket, professional trouble-magnet, and aspiring sword-fighter. She has zero money, no connections, and absolutely no business dreaming of adventure — so she does the only logical thing: blackmails an assassin into training her.

Unfortunately for Rory, Longinus isn’t your average deadly killer. He’s dramatic, vain, and hiding a terribly shameful secret: he's afraid of blood.

As if that wasn't bad enough, the mismatched pair are thrown into a dangerous conspiracy that could tear their city apart.

Now Rory must learn to fight, figure out how to outwit their enemies before they destroy the city, and somehow keep Longinus from getting them both killed.

And somewhere along the way their friendship becomes as unbreakable as it is unlikely.

A complete 9-book series. Join Rory, Longinus, and their unforgettable crew as they bicker, blunder, and battle their way through the dazzling and dangerous tropical steampunk city of Damsport. Perfect for fans of Terry Pratchett and Lindsay Buroker.
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Don't judge a prince by his fur.

After her father threatens to marry her to a dull farmer, free-spirited Sophie runs away from the only home she’s ever known and sets off into the world, seeking adventure and romance. But instead of excitement, she finds a forlorn castle and the solitary prince who lives there.

For twenty years, Henri has been shrouded in mystery and speculation. He’s a legend, a nightmare, a blight upon his fair kingdom. Though Sophie knows it would be wiser to return home, she’s inexplicably drawn to the man of shadows.

But it doesn’t take Sophie long to realize that falling for the cursed prince might prove to be more of an adventure than she ever bargained for…

A Bear's Bride is a romantic fairy tale novella. It can be read on its own but is more fun when read as a part of the Entwined Tales, a series of interconnected fairy tales by six different authors. Each story follows the adventures of one of seven children from the same family as they seek out their own happily ever afters in spite of their reluctant fairy-godfather.

Recommended Reading Order
A Goose Girl by K M Shea
An Unnatural Beanstalk by Brittany Fichter
A Bear’s Bride by Shari L Tapscott
A Beautiful Curse by Kenley Davidson
A Little Mermaid by Aya Ling
An Inconvenient Princess by Melanie Cellier
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