A peculiar peril / Jeff VanderMeer ; pictures by Jeremy Zerfoss.
"A Peculiar Peril is a head-spinning epic about three friends on a quest to protect the world from a threat as unknowable as it is terrifying, from the Nebula Award-winning and New York Times bestselling author of Annihilation, Jeff VanderMeer. Jonathan Lambshead stands to inherit his deceased grandfather's overstuffed mansion-a veritable cabinet of curiosities-once he and two schoolmates catalog its contents. But the three soon discover that the house is filled with far more than just oddities: It holds clues linking to an alt-Earth called Aurora, where the notorious English occultist Aleister Crowley has stormed back to life on a magic-fueled rampage across a surreal, through-the-looking-glass version of Europe replete with talking animals (and vegetables). Swept into encounters with allies more unpredictable than enemies, Jonathan pieces together his destiny as a member of a secret society devoted to keeping our world separate from Aurora. But as the ground shifts and allegiances change with every step, he and his friends sink ever deeper into a deadly pursuit of the profound evil that is also chasing after them."-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780374308865
- ISBN: 0374308861
- Physical Description: 632 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Edition: First edition
- Publisher: New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, an imprint of Macmillan Publishing Group, LLC, 2020.
- Copyright: ©2020
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- Target Audience Note:
- Ages 12-18.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Ashe County Public Library | YA VAN (Text) | 50503300454271 | Young Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Bordeaux Library | TEEN VANDERMEER (Text) | 31781065681809 | Young Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| C.B. Hildebrand Public Library | YA VAN (Text) | 33557004376893 | Young Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Cliffdale Library | TEEN VANDERMEER (Text) | 31781065681858 | Young Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Columbus Library | YA F VAN (Text) | 31250200076051 | Young Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Eden Library | YA Fic (Text) | 31554010594645 | Young Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Farmville Public Library | YA F VAN (Text) | 23900000026284 | Young Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Henderson Main Branch | VAN (Text) | 33258009990161 | Young Adult Fiction | Checked out | 08/17/2026 |
| Hope Mills Library | TEEN VANDERMEER (Text) | 31781065681841 | Young Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Hudson (Fontana) | YA VANDERMEER (Text) | 39493109910101 | Young Adult Fiction | Available | - |
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"A Peculiar Peril is a head-spinning epic about three friends on a quest to protect the world from a threat as unknowable as it is terrifying, from the Nebula Award-winning and New York Times bestselling author of Annihilation, Jeff VanderMeer. Jonathan Lambshead stands to inherit his deceased grandfather's overstuffed mansion-a veritable cabinet of curiosities-once he and two schoolmates catalog its contents. But the three soon discover that the house is filled with far more than just oddities: It holds clues linking to an alt-Earth called Aurora, where the notorious English occultist Aleister Crowley has stormed back to life on a magic-fueled rampage across a surreal, through-the-looking-glass version of Europe replete with talking animals (and vegetables). Swept into encounters with allies more unpredictable than enemies, Jonathan pieces together his destiny as a member of a secret society devoted to keeping our world separate from Aurora. But as the ground shifts and allegiances change with every step, he and his friends sink ever deeper into a deadly pursuit of the profound evil that is also chasing after them."--
