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Pitch dark by courtney alameda7/7/2023 ![]() Her debut novel, Shutter, was nominated for a Bram Stoker Award and hailed as a “standout in the genre” by School Library Journal. Can Kira save humankind? Or will the demon king succeed in bringing eternal darkness upon the world?Ĭourtney Alameda is a writer, veteran bookseller, and librarian. They include Shiro, a kitsune with boy-band looks who is more flirtatious than helpful, and O-bei, a regal demon courtesan with covert reasons of her own for getting involved.Īs the confrontation with Shuten-doji draws nearer by the day, the fate of Japan hangs in the balance. ![]() ![]() Not exactly skilled at fighting anything, much less the dead, Kira enlists the aid of seven powerful death gods to help her slay Shuten-doji. But things accelerate from bad to worse when she learns that Shuten-doji, the demon king, will rise at the next blood moon to hunt down an ancient relic and bring the world to a catastrophic end. And she’s also plagued with a secret: She can see yokai, the ghosts and demons that haunt the streets of Japan. She’s bullied by the popular girls in school. Seventeen-year-old Kira Fujikawa has never had it easy. Maetani will read from and sign their new young adult novel, Seven Deadly Shadows.Īlameda and Maetani will be in conversation with Christian McKay Heidicker. ![]()
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