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A Peculiar Peril
A Young Adult Fantasy Novel by Jeff VanderMeer
Book 1 of the The Misadventures of Jonathan Lambshead Series
Subgenres & Tropes:
- Portal Fantasy,
- Alternate Earth,
- Secret Society,
- Reluctant Hero,
- Surreal Fantasy
This book is for you if you're into...
- Cabinet-of-curiosities mansions hiding portals to bizarre worlds
- Surreal alt-Europes with talking animals and revived occultists
- Secret societies fighting to keep worlds apart
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.
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