The Crooked Letter (The Books of the Cataclysm)

The first fantasy novel in the history of Australian SF&F to win both Aurealis and Ditmar Awards. When mirror twins Seth and Hadrian Castillo travel to Europe on holidays, they don't expect the end of the world to follow them. Seth's murder, however, puts exactly that into motion. From opposite sides of death, the Castillo twins grapple with a reality neither of them suspected, although it has been encoded in myths and legends for millennia. The Earth we know is just one of many "realms", three of which are inhabited by humans during various stages of their lives. And their afterlives... In the tradition of Philip Pullman and Ursula K. Le Guin and inspired by numerous arcane sources, the Books of the Cataclysm begin in the present world but soon propel the reader to a landscape that is simultaneously familiar and fantastic. A Major New Series From The Australia's Favourite Multiple Award-winning Sf Author.hadrian's Mirror Twin, Seth, Is Dead, Stabbed In Front Of Hadrian By A Man With No Fingernails. The Woman He And His Brother Both Loved Has Seemingly Disappeared, And As Hadrian Searches For Her The Cityscape Becomes More Nightmarish By The Second. Figures From Legend Swirl Around Him To Help And Hinder As He Tries To Ascertain The Truth About Her Fate. These Figures Give Dark Hints Of Secret Histories And Sleeping Gods Stirring - But Hadrian Cannot Make Sense Of Anything. Was Everything He Ever Knew About The World A Lie? Caught Between A World Of Ancient, Forgotten Magic And An Uncertain Future, Hadrian Must Learn To Trust In The Only Person He Has Left: Himself. From opposite sides of death, mirror twins Seth and Hadrian Castillo grapple with a reality neither of them suspected, although it has been encoded in myths and legends for millennia. The Books of the Cataclysm begin in the present world but soon propel the reader to a landscape that is simultaneously familiar and fantastic