No Gods, No Monsters: A Novel
(Libby/OverDrive eAudiobook)
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Series
Convergence saga volume 1
Published
Blackstone Publishing , 2021.
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Named a BEST BOOK OF 2021 by the New York Times, NPR, the New York Public Library, Audible, Tor.com, Book Riot, Library Journal, and Kirkus!
Longlisted for the 2022 PEN Open Book Award
“Riveting…[A] tender, ferocious book.”—New York Times
“Beautifully fantastical.”—NPR
“Masterful.”—Chicago Tribune
One October morning, Laina gets the news that her brother has been shot and killed by Boston cops. But what looks like a case of police brutality soon reveals something much stranger. Monsters are real. And they want everyone to know it.
As creatures from myth and legend come out of the shadows, seeking safety through visibility, their emergence sets off a chain of seemingly unrelated events. Members of a local werewolf pack are threatened into silence. A professor follows a missing friend’s trail of bread crumbs to a mysterious secret society. And a young boy with unique abilities seeks refuge in a pro-monster organization with secrets of its own. Meanwhile, more people start disappearing, suicides and hate crimes increase, and protests erupt globally, both for and against the monsters.
At the center is a mystery no one thinks to ask: Why now? What has frightened the monsters out of the dark?
The world will soon find out.
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Format
eAudiobook
Edition
Unabridged
Street Date
09/07/2021
Language
English
ISBN
9781982602093
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Turnbull, C., & Graham, D. (2021). No Gods, No Monsters: A Novel (Unabridged). Blackstone Publishing.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Turnbull, Cadwell and Dion Graham. 2021. No Gods, No Monsters: A Novel. Blackstone Publishing.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Turnbull, Cadwell and Dion Graham. No Gods, No Monsters: A Novel Blackstone Publishing, 2021.
Harvard Citation (style guide)Turnbull, C. and Graham, D. (2021). No gods, no monsters: a novel. Unabridged Blackstone Publishing.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Turnbull, Cadwell, and Dion Graham. No Gods, No Monsters: A Novel Unabridged, Blackstone Publishing, 2021.
Note! Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy. Citation formats are based on standards as of August 2021.
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