Winter Tide
One of NPR's Best Books of 2017!
Finalist for the RT Award for Best Fantasy Novel
"Winter Tide is a weird, lyrical mystery -- truly strange and compellingly grim. It's an innovative gem that turns Lovecraft on his head with cleverness and heart" --Cherie Priest
After attacking Devil's Reef in 1928, the U.S. government rounded up the people of Innsmouth and took them to the desert, far from their ocean, their Deep One ancestors, and their sleeping god Cthulhu. Only Aphra and Caleb Marsh survived the camps, and they emerged without a past or a future.
The government that stole Aphra's life now needs her help. FBI agent Ron Spector believes that Communist spies have stolen dangerous magical secrets from Miskatonic University, secrets that could turn the Cold War hot in an instant, and hasten the end of the human race.
Aphra must return to the ruins of her home, gather scraps of her stolen history, and assemble a new family to face the darkness of human nature.
Winter Tide is the debut novel from Ruthanna Emrys. It is the first book in the Innsmouth Legacy series.
THE INNSMOUTH LEGACY
Book 1: Winter Tide
Book 2: Deep Roots
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PRAISE FOR WINTER TIDE:
"Winter Tide is a weird, lyrical mystery -- truly strange and compellingly grim. It's an innovative gem that turns Lovecraft on his head with cleverness and heart" --Cherie Priest, author of Maplecroft and Boneshaker
"Emrys uses the beautiful structures of Lovecraft to make a bold statement about difference and culture." --Booklist "[I] will certainly be looking forward to anything else written by Ruthanna Emrys. [An] intriguing and welcoming book." --Forbidden Planet "Winter Tide is a haunting, beautifully-crafted ballad exploring love, loss, and monsters." --Daniel José Older, New York Times bestselling author of Shadowshaper and Midnight Taxi Tango "An engrossing story about othering and family that turns Lovecraft fascinatingly inside out." --Jo Walton, Hugo Award-winning author of Among Others and The Just City "Winter Tide shines an unexpected light on the shadow over Innsmouth, and shows how all creatures have to find common ground (or ocean) against evil." --Alex Bledsoe, author of Long Black Curl "Emrys has done what Lovecraft never could -- create complex characters in an intricate plot that engages the heart at the same time as it curdles the blood." --Sam J. Miller, winner of the Shirley Jackson Award PRAISE FOR "THE LITANY OF EARTH"
"'The Litany of Earth' by Ruthanna Emrys is something special... a fascinating spin on the Cthulhu Universe." --Charlie Jane Anders, author of All the Birds in the Sky "What if Lovecraft's undersea creatures were not creepy monsters, but a persecuted people? [...] Emrys does justice to the idea in this lovely story of alienation and finding a new life in the shadow of the old." --Aliette de Bodard, author ofThe House of Shattered Wings
