Scorned and rejected, Circe grows up in the shadows, at home in neither the world of gods or mortals. Circe is a strange child – not powerful and terrible, like her father, nor gorgeous and mercenary like her mother. In the house of Helios, god of the sun and mightiest of the Titans, a daughter is born. The international Number One bestseller from the author of The Song of Achilles, shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction Show bookĬirce - The No 1 Bestseller from. As for the story that isn't science fiction? It'll break your heart. Janey and Timmy are playing tag across time one Sunday when they become embroiled in the 1381 Peasants Revolt and Janey has a baby named after her in the fourteenth century. She has to evade an evil flute player and find the arches that will take her home. Sindra is an initiative in the Cult of the Virgin, using a portal to travel between worlds, when the universe sends her flying in another direction and she ends up at the cookie store in the West Temple Mall. Then her too-handsome vampire son comes for a visit and wreaks havoc in the neighborhood. None of her neighbors know that she was made a vampire more than 175 years ago in New Orleans. Granny Evans is a sweet old lady who bakes cookies and babysits. The dozen stories are contemporary science fiction with a twist, except for the last one. Meet the entertaining characters of this short story collection and follow them on their action-filled adventures.

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