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Nominated for the Locus Award for Best FantasyShorlisted for the Gemmell Morningstar Award&ldquo;With vividly inventive world building and a fast-paced plot,&#160;The Mirror Empireopens a smart, brutal, and ambitious epic fantasy series. Book two is already on my must-read list.&rdquo;&ndash;&#160;Kate Elliott, author of the&#160;Spiritwalker&#160;series&ldquo;The Mirror Empire&#160;is&#160;the most original fantasy I&rsquo;ve read in a long time, set in a world full of new ideas, expanding the horizons of the genre. A complex and intricate book full of elegant ideas and finely-drawn characters.&rdquo;&ndash;&#160;Adrian Tchaikovsky, author of&#160;The Shadows of the Apt&#160;series and finalist for the 2014 Gemmell Legend Award&ldquo;The Mirror Empire&#160;is epic in every sense of the word. Hurley has built a world &ndash; no, worlds &ndash; in which cosmology and magic, history and religion, politics and prejudice all play crucial roles. Prepare yourself for sentient plants, rifts in the fabric of reality, and remarkable powers that wax and wane with the stars themselves. Forget all about tentative, conventional fantasy; there&rsquo;s so much great material in here that Hurley needs more than one universe in order to fit it all in.&rdquo;&ndash;&#160;Brian Staveley, author of&#160;The Emperor&rsquo;s BladesSTARRED REVIEW:&#160;&ldquo;This is a hugely ambitious work, bloody and violent, with interestingly gender-flipped politics and a host of factions to keep straight, as points of view switch often. Although it is a challenging read, the strong narrative thread in this new series from Hurley (God&rsquo;s War) pulls readers through the imaginative tangle of multiple worlds and histories colliding.&rdquo;&ndash;&#160;Library JournalSTARRED REVIEW:&#160;&ldquo;Hurley (Rapture) reuses old tropes to excellent effect, interweaving them with original elements to create a world that will fascinate and delight her established fans and appeal to newcomers. Readers will blaze through this opening instalment and eagerly await the promised sequel.&rdquo;&ndash;&#160;Publishers Weekly&ldquo;The&#160;Mirror Empire&#160;is an extraordinary novel. The scale and invention here makes it essential reading but the characters make it remarkable. None of them are heroes and none of them have the comforting sense of having read the book they&rsquo;re in. They&rsquo;re all flawed, terrified people doing what they can to survive. Seeing them struggle even as the stakes are raised makes for a reading experience as packed as it is tense. Book 2 can&rsquo;t get here fast enough.&rdquo;&ndash;&#160;Alasdair Stuart&ldquo;Taking epic fantasy down challenging and original paths. Thoughtful and thought-provoking with every twist and turn.&rdquo;&ndash;&#160;Juliet E. McKenna&ldquo;Hurley intelligently tackles issues of culture and gender, while also throwing in plenty of bloodthirsty action and well-rounded characters. This is a fresh, exciting fantasy epic that&rsquo;s looking to the future and asking important questions. 4****/5&rdquo;&ndash;&#160;SFX&#160;magazine&lsquo;&lsquo;The novel achieves what the most important fantasy strives for: it gives us a world the like of which we have never quite seen before, but that offers us some often unpleasant and provocative shocks of recognition.&rsquo;&rsquo;&ndash;&#160;Gary K. Wolfe, for&#160;Locus&#160;magazine&ldquo;The Mirror Empire&#160;is a fresh, vigorous, and gripping entrant into the epic fantasy genre, able to stand toe-to-toe with any of the heavyweight series out there.&#160;I cannot recommend this novel highly enough.&rdquo;&ndash;&#160;SF Revu&ldquo;For me [The Mirror Empire]&#160;did all the things a fantasy should do &ndash; holding our own societies up to the light by reflecting off worlds that are very different. Add in a magic system where the users are only powerful some of the time, and semi sentient vegetation that is possibly more of a threat than the magic users, and I happily sank into this book with a satisfied sigh.&rdquo;&ndash;&#160;Francis Knight, author of&#160;Fade to Black&ldquo;Bold, merciless, and wildly inventive, Kameron Hurley&rsquo;s&#160;The Mirror Empire&#160;begins an epic tale of worlds at war that will linger long in readers&rsquo; imaginations.&#160; If you&rsquo;re looking for original and challenging fantasy, this is definitely the series for you.&rdquo;&ndash;&#160;Courtney Schafer, author of&#160;The Whitefire Crossing&ldquo;There&rsquo;s a powerful yet elegant brutality in&#160;The Mirror Empire&#160;that serves notice to traditional epic fantasy: move over, make way, an intoxicating new blend of storytelling has arrived. These are pages that will command your attention.&rdquo;&ndash;&#160;Bradley Beaulieu, author of&#160;The Lays of Anuskaya&#160;trilogy&ldquo;The Mirror Empire&#160;takes look at epic fantasy patriarchy & gives it a firm kick in the balls&hellip; [it] will be the most important book you read this year.&rdquo;&ndash; Alex Ristea,&#160;Ristea&rsquo;s Reads&ldquo;Hurley has bitten off an awful lot with her ambitious&#160;The&#160;Mirror Empire. And for those of us who are bored with a linear and predictable narrative, this is a very good thing. Hurley seems determined to supplant nearly every fantasy troupe, even down to her five-gendered social structure with group marriage and funerary cannibalism. These bold rejections of what we take for granted in our own society are illuminating in Hurley&rsquo;s hands.&rdquo;&ndash;&#160;Sword & Laser&ldquo;In the two worlds of&#160;The Mirror Empire, we get Deadly Plants, Blood Magic, and yes, Brutal Women.&#160;The Mirror Empire&#160;is both a chance for fantasy fans to get to know Hurley&rsquo;s writing, and for previous fans of her work to see what she can do in a new vein. And for readers new to her work, this is in many ways the best place to start. 4.5****/5.&rdquo;&ndash; Paul Weimer,&#160;SF Signal&ldquo;One of the most stunning epic fantasies I&rsquo;ve read this year. The setting is unique and plays a major role in the story. A spectacular novel.&rdquo;&ndash;&#160;Books Without Any Pictures&ldquo;With her new epic fantasy series, Hurley has shown that she is no one trick pony.&#160;The Mirror Empire&#160;is a fresh, vigorous, and gripping entrant into the epic fantasy genre, able to stand toe-to-toe with any of the heavyweight series out there.&rdquo;&ndash;&#160;SF Revu&ldquo;There is&#160;so&#160;much to talk about in&#160;The Mirror Empire&#160;&mdash; whether you stick to the complexities and layers of its unfolding plot, or delve into its ideas about family and sexuality and human intimacy &mdash; and it&rsquo;s Hurley&rsquo;s staunch insistence on following her own drumbeat that has resulted in such a rewarding reading experience.&rdquo;&ndash;&#160;SFReviews.net&ldquo;I can&rsquo;t even tell you how much I liked this book. It was long, yes, but I didn&rsquo;t mind it because there was just so much awesome happening. I classify it as a fantasy, but it could also be considered science fiction, what with the parallel universes and binary star system and all.&rdquo;&ndash;&#160;In Case of Survival&ldquo;At its best this novel is as good as anything I have read this year. Expect to hear &lsquo;ambitious&rsquo; a lot; I couldn&rsquo;t imagine the mental and physical mapping it would take to hold all these pieces together but hold together they do. The world is alive, the world is unique, and the world is actually built rather than borrowed.&rdquo;&ndash;&#160;Fantasy Review Barn&ldquo;The Mirror Empire&#160;is an interesting, raw-nerved work of epic fantasy built from the ground up&hellip;By the end of this first volume in her new series, the author leaves each of the main characters with a satisfying conclusion while putting to each of them new problems&hellip; May the author not keep us waiting too long for the second instalment&rdquo;.&ndash;&#160;Borrowed Worlds&ldquo;If I had known how good&#160;The Mirror Empire&#160;was going to be, I would have waited until after the sale and paid full price as a show of support to the author. As it was, I bought one of her other books to make up for it&rdquo;.&ndash;&#160;20Four12&ldquo;Astoundingly inventive.&rdquo;&ndash;&#160;The Illustrated Page&ldquo;The Mirror Empire&#160;is a fast-paced and exciting read, and the start of quite possibly one of the greatest political dramas I have ever picked up.&rdquo;&ndash;&#160;Coffee on My Keyboard&ldquo;I loved this book. It&rsquo;s a wonderful book. Kameron Hurley&rsquo;s&#160;The Mirror Empire&#160;is essentially what I wanted&#160;Game of Thrones&#160;to be: it&rsquo;s a truly epic fantasy which grapples with fraught ethical questions while immersing me in a meticulously built out world of wonder.&rdquo;&ndash;&#160;Clatter and Clank&ldquo;There is plenty of originality here, and a vivid, sweeping quality of culture that cannot go unnoticed and unrecognized. In terms of worldbuilding, it was top notch, and without a trace of the western aligned molds fantasy so often falls so neatly into.&rdquo;&ndash;&#160;The Waking Den&ldquo;The world-building is incredibly creative and, sometimes, brutal. I love it.&rdquo;&ndash;&#160;Mental Megalodon&ldquo;One of the best epic fantasy novels I&rsquo;ve read in a long time. It&rsquo;s the sort of fantasy with the perfect balance of violence and horror that gives you chills and thrills down your spine.&rdquo;&ndash;&#160;Fairy Bookmother&ldquo;A saga that fascinates mainly by its striking and original setting. An unstoppable mix of action, mystery, magic and adventures.&rdquo;&ndash;&#160;El Caballero del &Aacute;rbol Sonriente&ldquo;Hurley forcefully flips every genre trope in her sights to create a work simply exploding with a kind of anarchic, creative ferocity. This is not your grandad&rsquo;s epic fantasy.&rdquo;&ndash; &#160;SFF180&ldquo;Totally fascinating!&rdquo;&ndash;&#160;To Boldly Nerd

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Enhances our understanding of just how good Armstrong really was in the postwar years.&rdquo; &mdash;The Washington Post&#160;"[An] in-depth study. . . . Riccardi has done his homework. . . . He has immersed himself in Armstrong&rsquo;s papers, his correspondence, his tape-recorded conversations, and has somehow secured countless bootleg recordings of concerts and broadcasts made over a period of decades. From these and other sources, he has drawn a wealth of new information that will change our perspectives on Armstrong&rsquo;s life and legacy.&rdquo; &mdash;San Francisco Chronicle&#160;&ldquo;Many of Armstrong&rsquo;s critics charged that his artistic stature diminished after 1931, 1940, 1952&hellip;(pick a year). Riccardi&rsquo;s meticulous research and engaging narrative put that notion to rest. Armstrong&rsquo;s professionalism, toughness, humor and, most of all, the spirit of his music, emanate from the book&rsquo;s pages. This is an invaluable addition to the Armstrong bibliography&mdash;and a great read.&rdquo; &mdash;Doug Ramsey, Arts Journal&#160;&ldquo;Riccardi&hellip;reveals new dimensions in a portrait of a highly familiar pop-culture icon.&rdquo; &mdash;Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel&#160;&ldquo;Riccardi provides a wealth of detail about the music that brought Armstrong his greatest notoriety, from his collaborations with Ella Fitzgerald and Dave Brubeck to his &lsquo;Satchmozation&rsquo; of pop gems like &lsquo;Mack the Knife&rsquo; and &lsquo;Hello, Dolly&rsquo;. . . . [Riccardi&rsquo;s] love for the music is vivid on every page, and he proves adept at expressing the worth of Armstrong&rsquo;s late-career music. . . . The book&rsquo;s richest value is in its extensive utilization of quotes from Pops himself. The man who emerges is warm, funny and generous, but also unafraid to speak from the heart. . . . Shines a clear light on a much-neglected period of a great musician&rsquo;s life.&rdquo; &mdash;JazzTimes&#160;&ldquo;A valuable account.&rdquo; &mdash;Newark Star-Ledger&#160;&ldquo;This is not only a tale of interest to jazz fans or academics but the climactic portion of the inspiring life story of a man who, against all odds, rose from extreme poverty and discrimination to become, indisputably, one of the stellar figures of the twentieth century . . . We need this book.&rdquo;&#160; &mdash;Dan Morgenstern, director of the Institute of Jazz Studies, Rutgers University&#160;&ldquo;[Riccardi] makes a strong case. . . . Recount[s] in extensive detail the trials and vicissitudes&mdash;and the triumphs&mdash;of the musicians&rsquo; later career, beginning with the arrival of bebop in the late 1940s until his death in 1971. . . . You&rsquo;ll find much to like in What a Wonderful World about the later years of a genuine jazz icon.&rdquo; &mdash;Washington Independent Review of Books&#160;&ldquo;Riccardi brings a unique bag of qualifications to the task, including unprecedented access to private Armstrong archives and thousands of hours of tape recordings of the man himself. . . . The rich details of the musicmaking, colorful personalities, and Armstrong&rsquo;s life on the road with his beloved All Stars band is priceless.&rdquo; &mdash;Christian Science Monitor&#160;&ldquo;A&#160;major work of research and interpretation&#160;which for the first time has provided details of the last half of the most colorful and glorious career in the history of jazz."&#160;&mdash;George Avakian, Producer, Louis Armstrong Plays W. C. Handy&#160;&ldquo;Magical. . . . Deeply and effectively faces the complex question of what it is to be a working artist in the modern world. . . . [Riccardi is] a fine writer. . . . A pleasure to read. . . . Even if you are someone who appreciates Louis Armstrong only casually, you will find in this book a deep, rewarding, honest portrait of a man, an artist, his century.&rdquo; &mdash;JazzLives&#160;&ldquo;A well-wrought biography and flowing read. . . . Riccardi defends [Armstrong] with admirable dispassion.&rdquo; &mdash;New Orleans Magazine

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