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In Conversation: Spencer Ellsworth & Fonda Lee

September 10, 2019 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Free
View Venue Website, 7834 SW Capitol Hwy, Portland, OR 97219 + Google Map

Annie Bloom’s welcomes Bellingham’s Spencer Ellsworth and Portland’s Fonda Lee to discuss their new fantasy novels, and the exciting future of the fantasy genre. Come have drinks and books and discuss the history of fantasy, its challenges, and the exciting, diverse future of the genre.

In Spencer Ellsworth’s The Great Faerie Strike, Ridley Enterprises has brought industry to the Otherworld, churning out magical goods for profit. But when they fire Charles the gnome, well, they’ve gone too far. And against a gnome’s respectable nature, he takes to the streets, fighting for workers’ rights. The Otherworld’s first investigative reporter, Jane, is looking for a story. And she finds it, witnessing a murder and getting sucked into a conspiracy within werewolf high society. Jane and Charles team up to unite the workers and bring the Ridleys to justice. But a budding romance complicates everything. Can they bring change to Faerie or will dark powers consume both worlds?

Fonda Lee’s Jade War is the second book of the Green Bone Saga, an epic trilogy about family, honor, and those who live and die by the ancient laws of blood and jade. The Kaul siblings battle rival clans for honor and control over an Asia-inspired fantasy metropolis. On the island of Kekon, the Kaul family is locked in a violent feud for control of the capital city and the supply of magical jade that endows trained Green Bone warriors with supernatural powers they alone have possessed for hundreds of years. Beyond Kekon’s borders, war is brewing. Powerful foreign governments and mercenary criminal kingpins alike turn their eyes on the island nation. Jade, Kekon’s most prized resource, could make them rich – or give them the edge they’d need to topple their rivals. Faced with threats on all sides, the Kaul family is forced to form new and dangerous alliances, confront enemies in the darkest streets and the tallest office towers, and put honor aside in order to do whatever it takes to ensure their own survival – and that of all the Green Bones of Kekon.

[Jade City the first book of the Green Bone Saga is also available from Annie Bloom’s Books]

Venue

7834 SW Capitol Hwy
Portland, OR 97219
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Phone
503-246-0053
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Organizer

Annie Bloom’s Books
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503-246-0053
Email:
books@annieblooms.com
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