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Somewhither: Being the First Part of A Tale of the Unwithering Realm

John C. Wright

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Somewhither won the 2016 Dragon Award for Best Science Fiction Novel. Ilya is a big, ugly, motherless boy who does not look like anyone else in his Oregon town. His father is often absent on mysterious Church missionary work that involves silver bullets, sacred lances, and black helicopters. One night, Professor Dreadful sends a warning to Ilya that his Many Worlds theory is correct, but that his experiments have opened a door that should have remained closed, and his beautiful daughter, Penny, is in trouble. As he has secretly dreamed, Ilya is called upon to save the mad scientist's beautiful daughter. With his squirrel gun, his grandfather's sword, and his father's crucifix, Ilya races to save the girl, and, incidentally, the world. It is an adventure, it is a romance, and it is a coming-of-age story of a young man who is not a man, in a world that is only one among many. It is a tale of a greater and darker evil with longer reach than anything he could imagine, of pain beyond measure, and of the faith required to surmount all three. It is a story of inexorable destiny written in the stars and the stubborn courage that is required to defy it.

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Publisher
Castalia House
Year
2021
ISBN-13
9781953739094
Genre
FantasyScience Fiction
Topics
Multiverse and parallel worldsComing of ageFaith and destinyAdventure and rescueGood versus evil

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