Magic Time
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"Taut writing, interesting characters, fascinating situations. Magic Time takes up where The Stand leaves off." âHarry Turtledove
Reality is not what it was. Welcome to Magic Time.
For rising young lawyer Cal Griffin, it's just another day in the Big Cityâuntil the lights go off . . . for good.
Suddenly packs of pale crouched figures are stalking the darkened subways, monsters prowl Times Square, and the people all around Cal are . . . changing. Similar weirdness is happening everywhere, from the dank, cold heart of a West Virginia coal mine to a remote lab in South Dakotaâwhere a team of government scientists has unwittingly invited something catastrophic into the worldâto the highest levels of power in Washington, D.C.
And Cal Griffin is not the only one struggling to comprehend the surreal, devouring chaos surrounding himânor the only one who will be forced to accept a new role in this brave new world of nightmare and wonder. For the forces bled from the stilled machines are fueling a consciousness both newly born and ancientâand more than one unlikely hero will be needed for the titanic battle between the darkness and the light.
"A good story written by an excellent team. . . . If you like Terry Brooks' Running With The Demon , you'll like this too. . . . I want to know what happens next." âSFRevu.com
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Barbara Hambly (b. 1951) is a New York Times bestselling author of fantasy and science fiction, as well as historical novels set in the nineteenth century. After receiving a master's degree in medieval history, she published The Time of the Dark, the first novel in the Darwath saga, in 1982, establishing herself as an author of serious speculative fiction. Since then she has created several series, including the Windrose Chronicles, Sun-Cross, and Sun Wolf and Starhawk, in addition to writing for the Star Wars and Star Trek universes.
Besides fantasy, Hambly has won acclaim for the James Asher vampire series, which won the Locus Award for best horror novel in 1989, and the Benjamin January mystery series, featuring a brilliant African-American surgeon in antebellum New Orleans. She lives in Los Angeles.
