Experience The Secret History of Moscow: Audio Exclusive

Buzz has been building around the November release of Ekaterina Sedia's first novel, The Secret History of Moscow, which blends reality and folktale in a genuinely original and satisfying way. The Great One himself, Neil Gaiman, said of the novel, "A lovely, disconcerting book that does for Moscow what I hope my own Neverwhere may have done to London. The prose and the atmosphere is beautiful and decaying, and everything's grey with astonishing little bursts of unforgettable color. Deep, dark, remarkable stuff." Great reviews from the likes of Library Journal and Kirkus Reviews have commented on both the prose and originality of this take on modern Moscow. The plot follows Galina, whose sister has turned into a jackdaw and disappeared. With the help of a detective, she searches for her sister and discovers an underground city with weeping trees, creatures out of fairytale, and old gods. But it's not just these elements that make the novel interesting--it's the realistic touches about Moscow, where Sedia grew up, that ground A Secret History of Moscow, providing an effective counterpoint to the fantasy. All in all, it's an excellent first novel by an author I think you'll be hearing a lot from in the coming years. And we're happy to provide you with this audio exclusive excerpt--the first recording ever of Sedia reading from her work.