Waiting on Wednesday is hosted by Breaking the Spine, and is a fun way to share upcoming books that you’re excited about with other readers and bloggers. I just caught wind of this book recently:
The Ghosts of Heaven by Marcus Sedgwick. Releases in January 2015 from Roaring Brook Press. The format of this appears to be similar to Midwinterblood, a series of linked stories with different characters and set in different time periods. I haven’t yet read Midwinterblood, although I have a copy waiting for that moment when I have time! Here’s the description from Goodreads:
From 2014 Printz award-winning author Marcus Sedgwick comes a bold, genre-bending epic that chronicles madness, obsession, and creation, from the Paleolithic era through the Witch Hunts and into the space-bound future.
Four linked stories boldly chronicle madness, obsession, and creation through the ages. Beginning with the cave-drawings of a young girl on the brink of creating the earliest form of writing, Sedgwick traverses history, plunging into the seventeenth century witch hunts and a 1920s insane asylum where a mad poet’s obsession with spirals seems to be about to unhinge the world of the doctor trying to save him. Sedgwick moves beyond the boundaries of historical fiction and into the future in the book’s final section, set upon a spaceship voyaging to settle another world for the first time. Merging Sedgwick’s gift for suspense with science- and historical-fiction, Ghosts of Heaven is a tale is worthy of intense obsession.
This book gets two cool covers! Here’s the UK cover, which I love just as much as the US cover. Let me know what you’re waiting on!
Sounds interesting and the cover art for both books are spectacular. Well done.
I love the UK cover. These types of stories are always hit/miss for me: V-Wars worked, World War Z did not. I will have to put it on my maybe list 🙂
I thought the US cover was intriguing, but love the UK cover!
I can’t decide their both so beautiful!!
This one sounds so good. I’m adding it straight to my TBR list. Personally I find the US cover of this more appealing. Thanks for sharing.
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I was *this* close to using this book as my WoW this week too! I love his books, and I can’t wait for this to come out in January! 🙂
This sounds very cool, although I must say I like the UK cover a lot more than the domestic version.
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Both of those covers are absolutely stunning!! I haven’t heard of this one so thanks for sharing!
It sounds really good and that cover is amazing. Great pick.
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You always feature the most interesting looking books! I don’t know if I can get into the “linked stories” across different time periods format though, like Cloud Atlas, that style is hit or miss for me.
And I do love both covers! One of the rare occasions I can’t pick which I like better, US or UK.
I love the cover 😉 It is really beautiful. And the synopsis is great! I am a new follower 😉 have a great day.
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I still haven’t read any of Sedgwick’s books, but I keep meaning to! I hope you enjoy this one, the cover does look fantastic. Thanks for sharing!
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I love those covers, and this book looks interesting. Definitely adding it to my TBR pile.