This remarkable and richly detailed adventure is worth savoring. The richest rewards of this book are for series devotees, but newcomers will still find Cooney’s glittering narrative skills and vivid worldbuilding addictive, her diverse characters intriguing, and her message of justice and freedom stirring. Cooney lives and writes in the Borough of Queens, whose borders are water. We use cookies to give you the best possible. Together with her best friend, Chaz, Desdemona strikes her own bargain with the Goblin King that could liberate everyone in his kingdom-or doom Desdemona and Chaz. Cooney, 9781250229830, available at Book Depository with free delivery worldwide. When she learns that her family’s wealth has come from a bargain with the King of the Goblin court, who takes her father’s workers as a tithe, Desdemona sets out to find the tithed men and bring them home. Cooney indulges in luxurious, dizzying fantasyIn Desdemona and the Deep, the spoiled daughter of a rich mining family must retrieve the tithe of men her father promised to the world below. She’s also a fierce social reformer, and her genteel charity work is intended to improve the lives of those harmed by Seafall’s ruthless industrial economy. A LOCUS AWARD FINALIST FOR BEST NOVELLAAward-winning author C.S.E. Desdemona and the Deep, Locus Award for Best Novella, Finalist. Desdemona Mannering is the daughter of Seafall’s wealthiest coal mine owner her life is filled with heady pleasures. Claire Suzanne Elizabeth Cooney (born 12 December 1981) is an American writer of fantasy. Cooney’s enthralling third Dark Breakers adventure (following The Two Paupers) plunges readers deep into a series of haunting, dazzling, and unforgettable multi-worlds.
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