New Books in Science Fiction — Leslye Penelope, "The Monsters We Defy" (Redhook, 2022)

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Leslye Penelope, "The Monsters We Defy" (Redhook, 2022)

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Leslye Penelope’s latest novel, The Monsters We Defy (Redhook, 2022), takes readers to a version of 1920s Washington D.C. where bootleggers, powerful spirits, and humans blessed (and burdened) with enchantments engage in an epic battle over peoples’ destinies. Penelope’s protagonist, Clara Johnson, is based upon a…

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