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THE TEN THOUSAND DOORS OF JANUARY

Alix E. Harrow

In the early 1900s, a young woman searches for her missing father, her place in the world, and the mystery behind a magical door.
There are ten thousand stories about ten thousand doors... here is one of them.

In the summer of 1901 seven-year-old January Scaller found a Door. You know the kind of door - they lead to Faerie, to Valhalla, to Atlantis, to all the places never found on a map.

That summer, January is ordered to forget her door. There are no dreams. There is no elsewhere. She and the world are perfectly ordinary.

January tries her best to be a proper young lady, one that certainly doesn't ask questions. There are limits when you're the mixed-race daughter of a long-gone mother and adventurer father.

But then her father goes missing, presumed lost on one of his many searches for priceless artifacts. All January has left is a book-a scuffed-up leather-bound book that might explain everything: her father's disappearance, the secret magic of the forgotten Doors... and the unseen forces that have started hunting her.

Alix E. Harrow is a part-time historian with a full-time desk job, a lot of opinions, and excessive library fines. Her short fiction has appeared in Shimmer, Strange Horizons, Tor.com, Apex, and other venues. She and her husband live in Kentucky under the cheerful tyranny of their kids and pets.
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Published 2019-09-10 by Redhook

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Published 2019-09-10 by Redhook

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The Ten Thousand Doors of January hit #10 on the Los Angeles Times bestseller list! (oct. 9, 2019)

A gorgeous, aching love letter to stories, storytellers and the doors they lead us through.absolutely enchanting.

The Ten Thousand Doors of January, Alix E. Harrow's debut novel, is one for the favorites shelf. It will lead you on a journey through books within books, worlds within worlds, mysteries within mysteries, until, finally, you reach a deep breath taken after a perfectly satisfying last page... Here is a book to make you happy when you gently close it. Here you will find wonder and questions and an unceasingly gorgeous love of words which compasses even the shape a letter makes against a page. Read more...

To open this book is to open a Door to a brand-new world that you'll never want to leave. With the masterful prose of a true Wordworker, Harrow has created a richly imagined, multi-layered narrative full of wonder, sorrow, and strength.

Readers who love books will be delighted.

A stunning debut novel with inventive worlds, sumptuous language and impeccably crafted details.Readers seeking a fresh fantasy with an enduring love story need look no further.

A lush, spellbinding fantasy perfect for anyone who needs an escape.

Each page dazzles with things to be discovered: a mansion of priceless artifacts, a secret journal, a tantalizing quest through strange and beautiful places, and a love story that spans time, worlds, and magic. I couldn't put it down.

THE TEN THOUSAND DOORS OF JANUARY is one of Goodreads Most Anticipated Sci-Fi & Fantasy titles Read more...

A gorgeously written story of love and longing, of what it means to lose your place in the world, and then have the courage to find it again. This book is a door I'm glad to have opened.

Harrow dazzles... [Her] debut reads like a love letter to the art of storytelling itself, and readers will be eager for more from her.

Alix E. Harrow, author of THE TEN THOUSAND DOORS OF JANUARY (Redhook; September 2019), won a Hugo Award for Best Short Story this past weekend - just four weeks prior to the release of her debut novel! She is the youngest-ever woman to win a Hugo Award in a fiction category. Read more...

Harrow's novel will hold strong appeal to readers who enjoy portal fantasies featuring adventuresome women. Read more...

UK: Little Brown UK ; Czech: Albatros; Hungarian: Agave ; Polish: Iuvi ; Romanian: Art Grup ; Turkey: Yabanci

THE TEN THOUSAND DOORS OF JANUARY is shortlisted for the 2020 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel!

A love letter to imagination, adventure, the written word, and the power of many kinds of love. Read more...

Absolutely Amazing.

The Ten Thousand Doors of January healed hurts I didn't even know I had. An unbearably beautiful story about growing up, and everything we fight to keep along the way.

All the magic you once knew but have almost forgotten waits in these pages for you to discover again. It's a deeply satisfying pleasure to read, and lingers in your heart afterward. I loved it!

Alix E. Harrow's debut entrances with a captivating story told in rich, artful prose.

Many worlds, vanishing doors, mind-cracking magic: I clung to each page, searching for answers. This is one of the most unique works of fiction I've ever read!