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Carousel Tides Paperback – November 2, 2010

by Sharon Lee (Author)

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Book 1 of 6 in the Carousel Tides Series

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Suspenseful Urban Fantasy by the Co-Author of the Popular Liaden Universe® Series.

Advance Praise for Carousel Tides:

“Carousel Tides pulls you into the chill foggy reality of peeling-paint sand-grit coastal Maine outside of tourist season and then hands you something else -- the hidden world lurking in shadows or under the land's surface or just offshore, where Black Dogs hunt the night and selkies toss unpleasant truths over their shoulders before diving into the next wave. In the center of this, Kate Archer tends and guards one of the spookiest carousels this side of Ray Bradbury and wonders what has happened to her grandmother. The old woman sent her a letter, left papers deeding over the carousel and old house and the Land (meaning much more than property), and vanished, telling the spirits of the land and sea that she expected to be back before the turning of the year.

“Now March has come and gone and Kate must return from self-exile to take up powers and responsibilities she has renounced, or dying will be the least of her problems . . .

“Sharon Lee weaves fantasy into reality so deftly that you scarcely notice when you slip across the edge. And once you're there, the story's own magic won't let you turn back from the strong characters, deep mysteries, and even deeper danger.”

—James A. Hetley, author of Dragon's Eye, Dragon's Teeth, and Dragon's Bones.

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“Sharon Lee's finely observed detail evokes magic in Maine and gives conviction to six alternate, richly-inhabited universes.” —Rob Weisbrot, author of Xena: Warrior Princess and Hercules, the Legendary Journeys: The Official Companion

“Sharon Lee is one of my all-time favorite authors, a gifted storyteller whose work never fails to enchant. With Carousel Tides she gives her fans another opportunity to spend time with fascinating characters, bringing them to life in a place that becomes so real you can smell the salt air around you. Her fine hand with detail never lets the suspense falter, as mystery, folklore, and magic are artfully interwoven into a thoroughly engaging tale. Carousel Tides will leave you eagerly awaiting the next novel by this master.” —Jan Burke, author of The Messenger, Bones, and Bloodlines

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A tourist town in Maine hosts a war of faerie magic in this engaging urban fantasy. The fireworks begin when Kate Archer returns to Archers Beach, Maine, to search for her vanished grandmother, Bonny Pepperidge, and to assume Bonny's role as Guardian of Fun Country, an amusement park whose carousel animals are actually exiled fae criminals. Almost immediately, Kate runs afoul of neighbor Joe Nemeier, a drug smuggler who sets his assassins after her. Then she learns from the local earth spirits that Bonny may have discovered the whereabouts of Kate's mom, newly escaped from a pursuing demonic captor. Lee brings these disparate subplots together in a pyrotechnic finale that plays out magically behind the ordinary facade of smalltown Maine life, evoking much of the romance and magic of her popular Liaden series. (Nov.) (c)
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About the Author

Sharon Lee lives in the rolling hills of Central Maine with her husband, Steve Miller, and two insistent muses in the form of cats and a large cast of characters. Sharon has published short stories, newspaper pieces, and two mystery novels, and, with her husband, has done collaborative work in science fiction and fantasy, including twelve novels and numerous short stories in their award-winning Liaden Universe® series. For five years, Sharon served the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, consecutively as Executive Director, Vice President and President. Sharon's interests include music, seashores and pine cones.

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Paperback: 320 pages
Publisher: Baen (November 2, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1439133956
ISBN-13: 978-1439133958
Product Dimensions: 6.1 x 0.9 x 9.2 inches
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Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (56 customer reviews)
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A gem of a book

ByKindle Customeron July 20, 2016

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I have read the majority of the Liaden Universe® novels with great enjoyment so was expecting great things from "Carousel Tides". I was not disappointed. This novel has a lyrical quality to the prose that made it a joy to read. I read it quickly for the plot but will definitely revisit it to savor the words slowly. The characters are mostly three dimensional and I hope to have them further fleshed out in the following two novels. The small fey are a shy folk and reveal their personalities slowly to those with the patience to wait. I especially enjoyed Skeeterhyte, who walked with our heroine because the beach wasn't safe, deah. On to book two, already eagerly anticipating reading the series through again. Thank you, Sharon, for hours and hours of enjoyment. I also recently purchased the latest Liaden novel so my belly is full...for the time being!

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ByDebraDownSthon March 10, 2013

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Do not read this book. Really. Walk away. Because if you do, as surely as a cat will walk on your keyboard given the chance (or even 1/16 of a chance), you'll buy the next one and the next one. So really, do you want to read or save your money?

While I enjoy Lee and the Lee/Miller team, this was not a book I would have looked at if it were not by a writer I know. I dislike magic, I really dislike books with magical creatures, and I did not expect to like this book. In fact, I admit during the first few pages I was thinking about the unknown terms and magical stuff.. "what gobbly goop". Sigh. And then, because Sharon Lee is such an engaging writer, I got hooked. I still don't like magic, magical creatures, mythological creatures, not even ghosts -- but it is darned near impossible not to care about the characters Lee creates, to become involved in their stories, to keep turning pages because you simply must.

Lee has the ability to give enough description to activate the imagination without weighing down the flow of the story. One can do what should happen in any well written story-- transport to that setting, see it, feel the ocean breeze, feel the connection of the characters to their powers and the land.

Lee creates the type of characters I personally can identify with. In a time when so many writers still make only males the main characters with women in supportive spots, or have a lot of focus on struggling for gender equality,Lee simply moves on to tell the story with strong strong characters of both genders involved in adventure, struggles and relationships with ability accepted as the measure - not gender.

Writing at its best entertains, stimulates and engages the reader. Without question Sharon Lee has that ability and this book is certainly worth buying and reading.

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Great Ride

ByRodney Mutchleron January 24, 2015

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Without being technical, I had just sent two losers, couldn't get past the 1st chapters, to the cloud and was about to give up for the day. But needing to read, as I`m wont to do, I tapped Carousel Tides and was immediately hooked, as should happen with a skillfully written work--haven`t put it down yet. I read a book a week, every week, and have two novels published, so I can be quite the critic. If fantasy is your bag, this is the one for today, can`t wait to begin the next in the series, which I am going to do now.

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Great blend of the realistic and the fantastic

ByOtterBon November 18, 2010

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Plot's been summarized elsewhere. It was a good plot, and I liked it as I tore through the book for the first time and expect to like it when I reread, and it wraps up nicely while also leaving room for a sequel (pretty please?) But the thing I liked most about Carousel Tides was the way it respected genre elements without falling into triteness. There are selkies, and fae from other dimensions, and people (using the term loosely) with a mystic tie to the land or the ocean, but they are also clearly, complexly characterized individuals. There's a romance subplot, but you can see why the characters are interested in each other, and it's not - entirely - due to some supernatural link between them. And it doesn't lead them to pay too much attention to having sex with each other and too little to the things that may kill them. The fantasy elements aren't slapped helter-skelter on top of the contemporary reality; they are entwined. The nonhumans are mysterious, and "other," and as capable of being good or evil or petty as are the humans. It all fits together remarkably well, and I recommend it.

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Thoroughly Enjoyable!

ByK. M. MartinVINE VOICEon January 28, 2014

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What a thoroughly enjoyable book! Kate is coming home to the town that she exiled herself from ten years previously. She is worried that she hasn't heard from her grandmother. She immediately finds herself embroiled in a number of natural and supernatural problems. The town wants the amusement park opened weeks early; the wards that keep some of the animals on the carousel imprisoned are weakening. Assassins are targeting Kate and the land is in need of her help.

Kate is an engaging character. She had sentenced herself to death because of her guilt about the death of a friend. She is capable of doing great magic but she knows the cost of doing so. She is reluctant to get involved in the magic again because she worries that she might not be able to control it. She is an escapee from another of the six worlds where she was the victim of an powerful and power-hungry magic user.

I enjoyed the new and tentative romance between Kate and Brogan. The romance is complicated by the rules of the fae. She isn't trusting of strangers and he seems to delight in keeping secrets. Also, it is not ideal to start a romance in the midst of battles and danger.

The story will filled with adventure and excitement. I recommend it for lovers of urban fantasy (well, maybe, small town fantasy). I found the writing engaging and compelling.

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