Something of which only the maddest of scientists could conceive. When Jack left Eleanor West's School for Wayward Children she was carrying the body of her deliciously deranged sister-whom she had recently murdered in a fit of righteous justice-back to their home on the Moors.īut death in their adopted world isn't always as permanent as it is here, and when Jack is herself carried back into the school, it becomes clear that something has happened to her. 'Seanan McGuire once again demonstrates her intimate knowledge of the human heart in a powerful fable of loss, yearning and damaged children.The fifth installment in New York Times bestselling author Seanan McGuire's award-winning Wayward Children series, Come Tumbling Down picks up the threads left dangling by Every Heart a Doorway and Down Among the Sticks and Bones. 'This gothic charmer is a love letter to anyone who's ever felt out of place.' - Publishers Weekly 'McGuire's lyrical prose makes this novella a rich experience.' - Library Journal starred review 'This is a gorgeous story: sometimes mean, sometimes angry, and always exciting.' -Cory Doctorow for BoingBoing 'One of the most extraordinary stories I've ever read.' -V.

'Seanan McGuire has long been one of the smartest writers around, and with this novella we can easily see that her heart is as big as her brain.' -Charlaine Harris Lewis' classics, even as it carves its own precocious space between them.' - NPR 'With Every Heart a Doorway, McGuire has created her own mini-masterpiece of portal fantasy - a jewel of a book that deserves to be shelved with Lewis Carroll's and C. ' Grotesque, haunting, lovely.' - Kirkus (starred review)

' Come Tumbling Down is more proof of the charismatic power Seanan McGuire has long exhibited in the fantasy field simply put, no one does it better.' - Locus Something only her friends are equipped to help her overcome.Įleanor West's 'No Quests' rule is about to be broken.

The fifth installment in New York Times bestselling author Seanan McGuire's award-winning Wayward Children series, Come Tumbling Down picks up the threads left dangling by Every Heart a Doorway and Down Among the Sticks and Bones

Come Tumbling Down by Seanan McGuire