In an Absent Dream

***Winner: 2022 Hugo Award for Best Series *** ** A stand-alone fantasy tale from Seanan McGuire’s Alex award-winning Wayward Children series, which began in the* ***Alex, Hugo, Nebula, and Locus Award-winning, World Fantasy Award finalist, Tiptree Honor List** * ** Every Heart a Doorway*** This fourth entry and prequel tells the story of Lundy, a very serious young girl who would rather study and dream than become a respectable housewife and live up to the expectations of the world around her. As well she should. When she finds a doorway to a world founded on logic and reason, riddles and lies, she thinks she’s found her paradise. Alas, everything costs at the goblin market, and when her time there is drawing to a close, she makes the kind of bargain that never plays out well. **The Wayward Children Series** Book 1: *Every Heart a Doorway* Book 2: *Down Among the Sticks and Bones* Book 3: *Beneath the Sugar Sky* Book 4: *In an Absent Dream* At the Publisher’s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.