num_pages: 448
description: A brilliantly crafted modern tale from acclaimed film critic and screenwriter C. Robert Cargillpart Neil Gaiman part Guillermo Del Toro part William S. Burroughsthat charts the lives of two boys from their star-crossed childhood in the realm of magic and mystery to their anguished adulthoodsThere is another world than our ownone no closer than a kiss and one no further than our nightmareswhere all the stuff of which dreams are made is real and magic is just a step away. But once you see that world you will never be the same.Dreams and Shadows takes us beyond this veil. Once bold explorers and youthful denizens of this magical realm Ewan is now an Austin musician who just met his dream girl and Colby meanwhile cannot escape the consequences of an innocent wish. But while Ewan and Colby left the Limestone Kingdom as children it has never forgotten them. And in a world where angels relax on rooftops whiskey-swilling genies argue metaphysics with foul-mouthed wizards and monsters in the shadows feed on fear you can never outrun your fate.Dreams and Shadows is a stunning and evocative debut about the magic and monsters in our world and in our self.
language: English
title: Dreams and Shadows
publisher: Harper Voyager