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No Gods, No Monsters

A Novel

Cadwell Turnbull

Ages 16+

Readers rate it 3.6 (60 on Hardcover)

338 pages · Released Sep 7, 2021

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This is a complex, emotionally intense adult fantasy noir that uses monsters as a lens to explore systemic injustice, police brutality, and social upheaval. While not graphically violent, it deals with mature themes including death, conspiracy, disappearances, hate crimes, and suicides. The book rewards reader sophistication and emotional maturity over pure action, making it better suited for older teens and adults.

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Named a BEST BOOK OF 2021 by the New York Times, NPR, the New York Public Library, Audible, Tor.com, Book Riot, Library Journal, and Kirkus! Longlisted for the 2022 PEN Open Book Award “Riveting...[A] tender, ferocious book.”—New York Times “Beautifully fantastical.”—NPR “Masterful.”—Chicago Tribune One October morning... Named a BEST BOOK OF 2021 by the New York Times, NPR, the New York Public Library, Audible, Tor.com, Book Riot, Library Journal, and Kirkus! Longlisted for the 2022 PEN Open Book Award “Riveting...[A] tender, ferocious book.”—New York Times “Beautifully fantastical.”—NPR “Masterful.”—Chicago Tribune One October morning, Laina gets the news that her brother has been shot and killed by Boston cops. But what looks like a case of police brutality soon reveals something much stranger. Monsters are real. And they want everyone to know it. As creatures from myth and legend come out of the shadows, seeking safety through visibility, their emergence sets off a chain of seemingly unrelated events. Members of a local werewolf pack are threatened into silence. A professor follows a missing friend’s trail of bread crumbs to a mysterious secret society. And a young boy with unique abilities seeks refuge in a pro-monster organization with secrets of its own. Meanwhile, more people start disappearing, suicides and hate crimes increase, and protests erupt globally, both for and against the monsters. At the center is a mystery no one thinks to ask: Why now? What has frightened the monsters out of the dark? The world will soon find out.

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  • Fiction
  • Unloveable Characters
  • Diverse Characters
  • A mix driven
  • Weak Character Development
  • Strong Character Development
  • Plot driven
  • Not Diverse Characters
  • Character driven
  • dark
  • emotional
  • Adventurous

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