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From: BillGill <tonisdad215@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Aftermarket Afterlife by seanan McGuire
Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2024 08:03:26 -0500
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On 9/26/2024 5:59 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
> 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
> 
I ordered my copy yesterday.  I didn't ask what format it was
but I guess I will be getting a hardback.  I'm not sure that
Seanan McGuire is worth the hardback price, but I didn't ask
so I will get it however.

Bill