Unaware of how far their children had gone, or how far they had left to go, their parents watched, and waited, and hoped for a quick and easy ending, the sort of tidy thing that only ever comes in stories, and so rarely graces us here, in the real world, where real costs can be incurred, and real prices must be paid.
They would be waiting for a very long time.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
A. DEBORAH BAKER is a pen name of SEANAN McGUIRE, the author of Middlegame; the Hugo, Nebula, Alex, and Locus Award–winning Wayward Children series; the October Daye series; the InCryptid series; and other works. She also writes darker fiction as Mira Grant. McGuire lives in Seattle with her cats, a vast collection of creepy dolls, horror movies, and sufficient books to qualify her as a fire hazard. She won the 2010 John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, and in 2013 became the first person to appear five times on the same Hugo ballot. You can sign up for email updates here.
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CONTENTS
Title Page
Copyright Notice
Dedication
One. The Same Ordinary Town
Two. Over the Woodward Wall
Three. The Improbable Road
Four. The Crow Girl
Five. The Bumble Bear and the Tangle
Six. The Road Returns
Seven. The Queen of Swords
Eight. In the Hole
Nine. The Page of Frozen Waters
Ten. What Isn’t Yours
Eleven. Where Zib Went, and How It Happened
Twelve. The Truth About Owls
Thirteen. The Impossible City
Epilogue: In Which Two Children Are Missing
About the Author
Copyright
This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.
OVER THE WOODWARD WALL
Copyright © 2020 by Seanan McGuire
All rights reserved.
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Edited by Lee Harris
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First Edition: 2020
