Vangie's Ghosts
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- $9.99
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
Vangie’s Ghosts blends science fiction, fantasy, a bit of horror, and stark, crisp contemporary naturalism and will appeal to fans of Lucius Shepard, Theodore Sturgeon, Mike Carey, Elizabeth Hand, and Paul Tremblay.
Evangeline, or “Vangie” for short, is under the cruel domination of uncaring step-parents. Suspected of being autistic, Vangie’s lack of affect is actually a result of being able to see deep into the multiverse. She is bewildered by the sensory input from a plethora of alternate timestreams. Soon, she will exhibit a strange power, activated only under extreme shock conditions.
Vangie can project her consciousness, her self or soul, from one timeline to another, fleeing danger for safety. This power will soon be exploited by a number of shady characters, as guardianship of Vangie passes from one set of exploitive adults to another.
But as Vangie ages and lives through numerous trials and adventures, she becomes more and more self-assured and powerful—talents that will eventually bring her head-to-head against a rival of her own kind.
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Di Filippo (the Steampunk Trilogy) delivers a witty novel of the multiverse and its abundant possibilities. Evangeline "Vangie" Everett, for most of the first decade of her life, presents to her loving foster siblings and the rest of the world as a nonspeaking, amorphously featured "lump." In fact, Vangie is a silent savant absorbed into a rich and incredibly complex inner life where she regularly surfs the multiverse's plenitude of timelines and the variety of avatars that populate them—what she thinks of as her "ghosts"—to select those that offer the best results for her and her loved ones. Vangie's skill at achieving miraculous outcomes makes her a target of manipulative adults eager to capitalize on her wild talents—and also brings her to the attention of Durant Le Massif, aka "the Massive," a megalomaniac with similar powers who chases her across time and space in his effort to "remake the multiverse in his own image." Di Filippo gleefully pursues the imaginative range of his tale's premise, recasting his key characters with new personas and aptitudes as Vangie puts them through shifting realities. Packed with winks and nods to the work of other science fiction writers, this will be a treat for genre fans.
