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A Week Without Magic (The Witch Who Came In From The Cold Season 1 Episode 6)

King's Gambit Accepted

Michael Swanwick, Lindsay Smith, Max Gladstone, Cassandra Rose Clarke, Ian Tregillis

Ages 13–17

41 pages · Released Mar 22, 2017

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A Week Without Magic (The Witch Who Came In From The Cold Season 1 Episode 6) parent’s guide: what’s inside

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This is Episode 6 of a serialized espionage-fantasy series set during the Cold War, blending spy thriller conventions with magical elements. The content includes references to espionage tradecraft, bureaucratic tension, and some implied danger typical of spy fiction, but this episode appears to focus more on intrigue and political maneuvering than graphic action. The series is positioned for adult or older teen readers familiar with Cold War spy narratives.

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A visitor from Moscow Center has Tanya seeing red, while Gabe baits his hook in the latest episode of Serial Box's The Witch Who Came in from the Cold, featuring the distinctive storytelling magic of award-winning author and special-guest writer Michael Swanwick. When an unwanted interloper from Moscow Center intrudes... A visitor from Moscow Center has Tanya seeing red, while Gabe baits his hook in the latest episode of Serial Box's The Witch Who Came in from the Cold, featuring the distinctive storytelling magic of award-winning author and special-guest writer Michael Swanwick. When an unwanted interloper from Moscow Center intrudes on local KGB operations in Prague, Tanya finds that red tape can strangle as effectively as any garrote. Meanwhile, Gabe must deal with a new arrival from Washington, D.C., sent to command the ANCHISES operation. It seems that bureaucracy is the same on both sides of the Iron Curtain! Where can two enemy spies turn for help . . . but to each other? This episode is brought to you by the award-winning Michael Swanwick, who would like to warn you that looks can be deceiving. Praise for The Witch Who Came in from the Cold: "Those who like to mix magic, spycraft, and secret history should enjoy this—it may please fans of Stross’s Laundry series." —Locus Magazine "Full of fast-paced, high-intensity action paired with magic at a level that has not been seen until now, with a cliff-hanger that lets readers know that the game is not over and has only just begun." —The San Francisco Book Review "The Witch Who Came in from the Cold is a chilly evocation of a different kind of Cold War." —Charles Stross, author of the Laundry Files series “Take a double shot of Le Carré, a dash of Deighton, a twist of Quiller, a splash of Al Stewart’s The Year of the Cat, throw in a jigger full of elemental magic, mix well ... and voilà! The Witch Who Came In From The Cold.” —Victor Milán, author of The Dinosaur Lords "The occult love child of John le Carre and The Sandbaggers." —Marie Brennan, author of A Natural History of Dragons "As soon as I saw that, I was instantly hooked, and the pilot jacked the intrigue to the max. Two female Soviet spy witches, an American spy with something weird drilling magical holes in his head, and a world of secrets within secrets in a locale where old-world myth and the Cold War face off, pedal to the metal . . . it’s awesome. Or as we said in 1970, Far out. " —Sherwood Smith, author of Crown Duel "The installments are easy to read one at a time, but the tangles of alliances, secrets, and shocking double-crosses will have readers up all night mumbling, “Just one more.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review

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  • Fiction
  • Fiction, fantasy, general
  • Fiction, thrillers, espionage

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