Author:Lee Carroll
New York jeweller Garet James has her fair share of problems: money, an elderly father, a struggling business. One day she comes across an antiques shop she'd never noticed before. The owner possesses an old silver box that's been sealed shut. Would she help an old man and open it, perhaps? She does...and that night strange things begin to happen. It's as if her world - our world - has shifted slightly, revealing another, parallel place that co-exists without our knowledge: the world of the Fey...
Garet learns that one of her ancestors was 'the Watchtower': an immortal chosen to stand guard over the human and the fey worlds - a role that she has, it seems, inherited from her mother. But the equilibrium between these two existences is under threat. The 16th-century magician and necromancer Dr John Dee has returned, the box has been opened and the demons of Despair and Discord released. In a race against time and impending apocalypse, it is Garet who must find Dee...and close the box.
A unique, imaginative and above all enjoyable tale of vampires, alchemists and fairies in New York
—— LOVEVAMPIRES.COMEngaging writing... wonderful descriptions... well-drawn characters... there's going to be a sequel and we can't wait!
—— SFX MagazineLee Carroll creates an unsuspected Manhattan touched by magic, and reinvents the epic quest in a startling contemporary way. It's Pandora's Box turned cybernetic!
—— ERIC ORMSBYEngaging writing keeps you savouring each page
—— IMAGINE FXJohn Boyne brings a completely fresh eye to the most important stories. He guides us through the realm of history and makes the journey substantial, poignant and real. He is one of the great craftsmen in contemporary literature
—— Colum McCannA superb evocation of the Great War and its very human effects
—— Choice MagazineA fiercely interrogative novel that asks not just what it means to be a man but also what it means to be a human being in the extreme circumstances of war
—— Irish TimesBoyne's fluid writing and strong characterisation brings the story to life and delivers a strong, unexpected emotional punch at the end
—— Edinburgh Evening NewsThere is an old-fashioned feeling to this readable and well-written novel
—— IndependentBoyne's twinning of the subjects of homosexuality and conscientious objection is inspired
—— MetroBoyne skillfully draws a thread through from sexual to moral to social shame... he tells a good story
—— Irish IndependentA really enjoyable, if rather sad, read, full of historical and human interest
—— Irish Sunday IndependentFelix Quinn, the narrator of the book...explains it beautifully - and this is a very good novel... Feeling unsafe makes him feel alive. And loss, of course, is the wellspring of good storytelling
—— Evening StandardThe Act of Love is an ambitious and at times extremely uncomfortable novel
—— The TelegraphIt is an almost frighteningly brilliant achievement. Why did the Booker judges not recognise it?
—— The GuardianThis is a very good novel
—— ScotsmanJacobson's 10th novel is a moving, thought-provoking and darkly witty story of desire and love
—— Irish Times
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