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Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Club

In-Person

2025-02-09 14:00:00 2025-02-09 15:00:00 America/New_York Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Club Join us to discuss: "The Monsters We Defy" by Leslye Penelope. Germantown Library -

Sunday, February 09
2:00pm - 3:00pm

Add to Calendar 2025-02-09 14:00:00 2025-02-09 15:00:00 America/New_York Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Club Join us to discuss: "The Monsters We Defy" by Leslye Penelope. Germantown Library -

Join us to discuss: "The Monsters We Defy" by Leslye Penelope.

Please join us to discuss The Monsters We Defy by Leslye Penelope.

"In the summer of 1925, along Washington, DC's "Black Broadway", a malevolent entity has begun preying on Negro residents. Twenty-three-year-old Clara Johnson is determined to discover what's going on in her community. Using her natural ability to talk with spirits, she begins to investigate, but a powerful spirit tasks her with a difficult quest: steal an ancient, magical ring from the finger of a wealthy socialite. When Clara meets Israel Lee, a supernaturally enhanced jazz musician also vying for the ring, the two decide to work together. They put together an unlikely team including a former circus freak, a pickpocketing Pullman Porter, and an aging vaudeville actor to pull off an impossible heist. But a dangerous spirit interferes at every turn and conflict in the spirit world is leaking out into the human world. With different agendas, even if Clara and Israel pull off the heist, only one of them can truly win." - - MCPL Catalog

Print copies may be available at the Germantown Library after January 12th. It is also available as an e-Book: https://mcplmd.overdrive.com/media/8093608;

Don't forget to take a look and place a hold on new science fiction and fantasy titles at MCPL!

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AGE GROUP: | Teens | Adult |

EVENT TYPE: | Lectures and Discussions |

TAGS: | Indoor Program |

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