A young detective investigating crimes of the uncanny will learn that bargains can change your fate—for good or ill—in this darkly enthralling fantasy from the New York Times bestselling author of the Others and the Black Jewels series.
Words have power. Intentions matter.
Most people come to Destiny Park for entertainment. They come to have their cards read to tell them a bit about their future. They come to walk through a beautiful park and to eat at the hotel’s restaurant. They come in the hope of catching a glimpse of the Arcana, the paranormal beings who rule the Isle of Wyrd.
But some people come to make a bargain with the Arcana—to change their fate. And some people come for dark purposes.
When Detective Beth Fahey is sent to Destiny Park to inquire about a “ghost gun,” she will begin a strange journey on which she must learn to navigate the Arcana’s unforgiving laws and dangerous attractions. Her search will draw her into seemingly impossible cases and the secrets of her own past as tensions rise between the Arcana and their human neighbors across the river.
For the Isle of Wyrd is a place where the dead ride trains to their final destinations, predators literally become prey, and seekers’ true natures are revealed in the ripples of destiny unknowingly stirred in their wakes.
Who will live? Who will die? And who will be lost in between?
The series
Across the Fate River lies the Isle of Wyrd, a place where the supernatural is not hidden and humanity is certainly not in charge. The Arcana rule here, powerful paranormal beings whose bargains can alter a person's destiny, sometimes granting exactly what was requested and sometimes revealing the dangerous truth behind the request.
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Anne Bishop's An Isle of Wyrd series blends dark fantasy, paranormal mystery, and crime fiction around Detective Beth Fahey, whose investigations draw her into the uneasy relationship between Wyrd and the human communities across the river. At Destiny Park, visitors may come seeking entertainment, a glimpse of the future, or an encounter with the uncanny. Others arrive wanting something badly enough to bargain for it, and every choice has consequences.
As Beth ventures deeper into Wyrd, impossible crimes become entangled with her own history and the strange laws governing the island. The dead have journeys of their own, predators can discover what it means to become prey, and seemingly ordinary human desires can send ripples through the supernatural world.
Dark, strange, and edged with Bishop's characteristic interest in the uneasy boundary between humans and powerful otherworldly beings, the series builds its mysteries around a deceptively simple idea: words have weight, intentions have consequences, and fate should never be treated casually.
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