The Adventures of Mary Darling
Pat Murphy
(Author)
21,000+ Reviews
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Description
Who is Mary Darling? In this Victorian mash-up starring legendary literary characters--Peter Pan's Mary Darling and Sherlock Holmes--the mother of the Darling children is on the case to find Sherlock's sister Enola, despite the meddling of both her inept husband and a clueless Sherlock. "Pat Murphy reveals powerful characters who've had to hide in plain sight while saving their world. The result is a rip-roaring tale of magic and mystery!"--Andrea Hairston, author of Archangels of Funk Mary Darling is a pretty wife whose boring husband is befuddled by her independent ways. But one fateful night, Mary becomes the distraught mother whose three children have gone missing from their beds. After her well-meaning uncle John Watson contacts the greatest detective of his era (but not that great), Mary is Sherlock Holmes's prime suspect in her children's disappearance. To save her family, Mary must escape an attempt to have her locked away as mad, and to travel halfway around the world. Along the way, her allies include a Solomon Islander whose village was destroyed by Western civilization; a Malagasy woman on an island that is run by women; Captain Hook and the crew of the Jolly Roger; and of course, Nana, the faithful dog and nursemaid. This adventurous and witty novel will appeal to fans of classic Victorian tales, as well as those who are looking for a new take on the British Empire.
Product Details
Price
$18.95
$17.62
Publisher
Tachyon Publications
Publish Date
May 06, 2025
Pages
320
Dimensions
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Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9781616964382
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About the Author
Pat Murphy is an acclaimed author of science fiction, fantasy, and science books for adults, teens, and children. She has received the Nebula Award for The Falling Woman, the Nebula, Theodore Sturgeon Memorial, and Isaac Asimov's SF Magazine Readers Awards for Rachel in Love, the World Fantasy Award for Bones, and the Christopher Award for The Wild Girls. Murphy has worked as a writer at a variety of idiosyncratic institutions, including the Exploratorium science museum and Klutz Press (the Complete Klutz series). She was the Activity Guru for the ed-tech startup Mystery Science and the Marketing Director for the Crucible, a school of fire arts. Murphy currently works full time as a science fiction and fantasy author in Boulder City, Nevada, in the Mojave Desert, where she is frequently visited by rabbits, quail, and the occasional coyote.
Reviews
Praise for Pat Murphy "Murphy's [blend] of fantasy and reality honorably recalls the novels of Margaret Atwood."
--Publishers Weekly "Murphy manages to instill a real sense of wonder into her consideration of the many ways in which we consider both the reality of our world and the nature of fiction itself."
--Strange Horizons "Murphy has a flair for description that brings every aspect of the setting vividly into focus."
--SF Site On The City Not Long After "In Ms. Murphy's skillful hands, the showdown between art and power takes on mythic dimensions while remaining rooted in the vivifying specifics of character and place."
--New York Times "Evokes a haunting vision of life after society's collapse, as art becomes magic and combines with the power of love to defeat the engines of war. Highly recommended."
--Library Journal "Murphy infuses this tale with a type of surrealism often associated with Latin novelists like Garcia Marquez. . . . A major work."
--Booklist On The Falling Woman "A lovely and literate exploration of the dark moment where myth and science meet."
--Samuel R. Delany "Murphy's [blend] of fantasy and reality honorably recalls the novels of Margaret Atwood."
--Publishers Weekly "Murphy's convincing modern setting is a marvelous foil for her frighteningly alien Mayan ghost, and the archaeological material, besides being fascinating in its own right, is put to excellent use in the plot."
--Newsday "An extraordinary novel."
--Locus
--Publishers Weekly "Murphy manages to instill a real sense of wonder into her consideration of the many ways in which we consider both the reality of our world and the nature of fiction itself."
--Strange Horizons "Murphy has a flair for description that brings every aspect of the setting vividly into focus."
--SF Site On The City Not Long After "In Ms. Murphy's skillful hands, the showdown between art and power takes on mythic dimensions while remaining rooted in the vivifying specifics of character and place."
--New York Times "Evokes a haunting vision of life after society's collapse, as art becomes magic and combines with the power of love to defeat the engines of war. Highly recommended."
--Library Journal "Murphy infuses this tale with a type of surrealism often associated with Latin novelists like Garcia Marquez. . . . A major work."
--Booklist On The Falling Woman "A lovely and literate exploration of the dark moment where myth and science meet."
--Samuel R. Delany "Murphy's [blend] of fantasy and reality honorably recalls the novels of Margaret Atwood."
--Publishers Weekly "Murphy's convincing modern setting is a marvelous foil for her frighteningly alien Mayan ghost, and the archaeological material, besides being fascinating in its own right, is put to excellent use in the plot."
--Newsday "An extraordinary novel."
--Locus
