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Uncanny Vows

#2 in series

by Laura Anne Gilman
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Following the events of the high-stakes and propulsive Uncanny Times, Rosemary and Aaron Harker, along with their supernatural hound Botherton, have been given a new assignment to investigate...but the Harkers believe it's a set-up, and there's something far more ancient and deadly instead.
Rosemary and Aaron Harker have been effectively, unofficially sidelined. There is no way to be certain, but they suspect their superiors know that their report on Brunson was less than complete, that they omitted certain truths. Are they being punished or tested? Neither Aaron nor Rosemary know for certain. It may be simply that they are being given a breather or that no significant hunts have been called in their region. But neither of them believes that.

So, when they are sent to a town just outside of Boston with orders to investigate suspicious activity carefully, the Harkers suspect that it is a test. Particularly since the hunt involves a member of the benefactors, wealthy individuals who donate money to the Huntsmen in exchange for certain special privileges and protections.

If they screw this up...at best, they'll be out of favor, reduced to a life of minor hunts and "clean up" for other Huntsmen. At worst, they will be removed from the ranks, their stipend gone—and Botheration, their Hound, taken from them.

They can't afford to screw this up.

But what seems like a simple enough hunt—find the uncanny that attacked a man in his office and sent him into a sleep-like state—soon becomes far more complicated as more seemingly unrelated attacks occur. The Harkers must race to find what is shadowing them, before the uncanny strikes again, and sleep turns into murder—and the Huntsmen decide that they have been compromised beyond repair.

But their quarry may not be the only uncanny in town. Botheration and Aaron both sense something else, something shadowing them. Something old, dangerous...and fey.

  • Creators

  • Series

    Huntsmen

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    November 28, 2023

  • Formats

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      • ISBN: 9781534415973

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      • ISBN: 9781534415973
      • File size: 6264 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Library Journal

      October 1, 2023

      Rosemary and Aaron Harker, Huntsmen who protect the world from the Uncanny in the early 20th century, are concerned that the omissions from their last report have been noticed, and their lack of recent assigned hunts supports their theory. When tasked to investigate a situation near Boston for one of the Huntsmen's wealthy benefactors, their concerns about being tested grow. If they fail, they could lose their work, along with their supernatural Hound, Botheration. But the simple case of a person in perpetual sleep grows more difficult, as further attacks seem unrelated. The siblings must find answers to their increasing questions, including Aaron and Bother's concerns about why it seems a fey is following them. Both siblings provide their points of view in a time period of gender and socioeconomic divides, which highlights the Harkers' support and concerns for each other. Underlying tension from the subplots of their parents' tragic outcomes and the threat of the fey provide hints for future action. VERDICT The follow-up to Uncanny Times continues to build Gilman's delightful world. Fans of gaslamp fantasy, Sherlock Holmes, and wry siblings should take a look.--Kristi Chadwick

      Copyright 2023 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

    • Publisher's Weekly

      October 23, 2023
      Gilman’s addictive second Huntsmen fantasy (after Uncanny Times) sends sibling monster hunters Rosemary and Aaron Harker on a mission to 1914 Boston to investigate suspected “uncanny activity” involving a relative of one of the Huntsmen’s benefactors who falls into a coma. The Harkers initially believe the assignment to be mere busy work, punishment for them fudging some details on their case in the previous book, which has had lingering negative effects on their reputations. The deeper they look into the coma-induced victim, however, the more uncanny (read: supernatural) suspects are added to their list. Despite increasingly loud whispers in huntsmen circles that Aaron may possess the powers of his fey ancestors, he brazenly uses forbidden tactics to lure their deadly suspects into the open. Gilman lets the suspense simmer, drawing readers in little by little until they can’t help but keep turning the pages. Her unique take on the supernatural remains fascinating and the gaslamp setting is well used. This keeps the series going strong. Agent: Barry Goldblatt, Barry Goldblatt Literary.

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