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From: Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Aftermarket Afterlife by seanan McGuire
Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2024 17:59:21 -0500
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On 9/22/2024 12:58 AM, Bobbie Sellers wrote:
> Just finished yesterday
> 
> "Aftermarket afterlife" by Seanan McGuire. this is an novel of a series 
> about a groups of scientists who attempt to preserve cryptid life forms 
> from dragons to boogeymen. They are heretics and escapees from the 
> Covenant of St.George which as you might guess is quite interested in 
> making dragons extinct. They are also the object of worship by the 
> Aeslin mice which talk a lot. I believe that they pretended death and 
> escaped to North America where they do their best to protect the strange 
> creatures most of us ignore. The Covenant in this novel attacks the 
> Dragon Nest in New York City but only kill a female dragon. The male 
> dragon is safe but one of the family members is injured and her husband 
> is killed. Now the main POV here is of one Ghost named Mary Dunleavy who 
> as explained in the story is the Family's babysitter and they can call 
> on her in the dase of distrees. Oliva is a 5 year old human child living 
> in the Dragon nest and Mary rescues her with the aid of Sarah, a cuckoo 
> (not a bird) who has the power of teleportation. And the story goes on 
> from there with Mary assuming the role of a general in protecting her 
> family for which she has been baby-sitting for over 100 years. All in 
> all a very satisfy read.
> 
>      The background remark are intended for a person who is
> not reading the series currently.  I try to keep the SA of
> the Team Amiga mailing list well entertained with notes
> about this sort of thing and manga.
> 
>      bliss

Bummer, my cousin's MMPB does not come out until February 25, 2025 which 
I have ordered.  Are you reading the ebook or the hardback ?
  
https://www.amazon.com/Aftermarket-Afterlife-Seanan-McGuire/dp/0756419727/

And the next book in the 14 book series comes out in ebook / trade 
paperback on March 11, 2025.  I would guess that the MMPB will be out in 
2026.

Lynn