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Singer of Souls

By Adam Stemple
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Leaving his life of petty crime and drug abuse behind, young Douglas flees from Minneapolis to Edinburgh, Scotland, to his stern but fairminded Grandma McLaren, who will take him in if he can support himself. Fortunately, few cities are friendlier than Edinburgh to a guitarist with a talent for spontaneous rhyme, and soon Douglas is making a decent living as the busker who can write a song about you on the spot.

But Edinburgh has its dangers for the unwary. The annual arts festival, biggest in Europe, draws all manner of footloose sorts, and tempted by the drugs offered by a mysterious young girl, Douglas stumbles.

What follows isn't what he expects. Suddenly, Douglas can see the fey folk who invisibly share Edinburgh's ancient streets—in all their beauty and terrifying cruelty. Worse, they can see him, and they're determined to draw him into their own internecine wars--wars that are fought to the death.



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3.5
“I saw book 2 ( https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2417226.Steward_of_Song ) at the UBS. Lovely cover by Charles Vess. So I bought it. Got it home and went to read it. AAAA it's book 2! So, I had to order this one, book 1. Found out that Adam Stemple is Jane Yolen's son. She's cool -- between her and Terri Windling I have LOTS of folklore and fairy articles. Then I started to read the book. Excellent! It stayed excellent until about 10 pages from the end. then the main character literally became another person, one I didn't like. then the book Ended. I have a couple of books I MUST read before I pick up book 2 (Charles de Lint and Nina Kiriki Hoffman both have NEW!!! books!!!). I'll let ya'll know what I think when I get to read book 2...”

About Adam Stemple

A working rock-and-roll guitarist in bands such as the Tim Malloys, Cats Laughing, and Boiled in Lead, Adam Stemple has collaborated with his mother Jane Yolen on several music books for children, including The Laptime Song and Play Book and Hark! A Christmas Sampler. In 2005, Starscape published their YA collaboration Pay the Piper. Singer of Souls is Stemple's first solo novel and his first novel for adults.

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