Natasha Pulley

SHORTLISTED FOR THE AUTHORS' CLUB BEST FIRST NOVEL AWARD 2016 SHORTLISTED FOR THE BETTY TRASK PRIZE 2016 FINALIST FOR THE LOCUS FIRST NOVEL AWARD 2016 An International Bestseller / A Guardian Summer Read / An Amazon Best Book of the Month / A Goodreads Best Book of the Month / A Buzzfeed Summer Read / A Foyles Book of the Month / A Huffington Post Summer Read / A Yorkshire Post Book of the Week In 1883, Thaniel Steepleton returns to his tiny flat to find a gold pocketwatch on his pillow. But he has worse fears than generous burglars; he is a telegraphist at the Home Office, which has just received a threat for what could be the largest-scale Fenian bombing in history. When the watch saves Thaniel's life in a blast that destroys Scotland Yard, he goes in search of its maker, Keita Mori - a kind, lonely immigrant who sweeps him into a new world of clockwork and music. Although Mori seems harmless at first, a chain of unexpected slips soon proves that he must be hiding something. Meanwhile, Grace Carrow is sneaking into an Oxford library dressed as a man. A theoretical physicist, she is desperate to prove the existence of the luminiferous ether before her mother can force her to marry. As the lives of these three characters become entwined, events spiral out of control until Thaniel is torn between loyalties, futures and opposing geniuses. Utterly beguiling, The Watchmaker of Filigree Street blends historical events with dazzling flights of fancy to plunge readers into a strange and magical past, where time, destiny, genius - and a clockwork octopus - collide.

A SUNDAY TIMES BEST BOOK OF 2022The Times Historical Fiction Book of the MonthThe truth must come out.In 1963, in a Siberian gulag, former nuclear specialist Valery Kolkhanov has mastered what it takes to survive: the right connections to the guards for access to food and cigarettes, the right pair of warm boots to avoid frostbite, and the right attitude toward the small pleasures of life. But on one ordinary day, all that changes: Valery's university mentor steps in and sweeps Valery from the frozen prison camp to a mysterious unnamed town hidden within a forest so damaged it looks like the trees have rusted from within.Here, Valery is Dr. Kolkhanov once more, and he's expected to serve out his prison term studying the effect of radiation on local animals. But as Valery begins his work, he is struck by the questions his research raises: what, exactly, is being hidden from the thousands who live in the town? And if he keeps looking for answers, will he live to serve out his sentence?

In 1883, Thaniel Steepleton returns to his tiny flat to find a gold pocketwatch on his pillow. But he has worse fears than generous burglars; he is a telegraphist at the Home Office, which has just received a threat for what could be the largest-scale Fenian bombing in history. When the watch saves Thaniel's life in a blast that destroys Scotland Yard, he goes in search of its maker, Keita Mori - a kind, lonely immigrant who sweeps him into a new world of clockwork and music. Although Mori seems harmless at first, a chain of unexpected slips soon proves that he must be hiding something. Meanwhile, Grace Carrow is sneaking into an Oxford library dressed as a man. A theoretical physicist, she is desperate to prove the existence of the luminiferous ether before her mother can force her to marry. As the lives of these three characters become entwined, events spiral out of control until Thaniel is torn between loyalties, futures and opposing geniuses. Utterly beguiling, The Watchmaker of Filigree Street blends historical events with dazzling flights of fancy to plunge readers into a strange and magical past, where time, destiny, genius - and a clockwork octopus - collide.

An astonishing historical novel set in the shadowy, magical forests of South America, which draws on the captivating world of the international bestseller The Watchmaker of Filigree Street.AN AMAZON BEST BOOK OF THE MONTHDeep in uncharted Peru, the holy town of Bedlam stands at the edge of a forest. The shrine statues move, and anyone who crosses the border dies. But somewhere inside are cinchona trees, whose bark yields quinine: the only known treatment for malaria.By 1859, on the other side of the Pacific, the hunt for a reliable source of quinine is critical and the India Office searches out its last qualified expeditionary, the injured Merrick Tremayne. Against his own better judgement, Merrick finds himself dispatched to Bedlam under orders to bring back cinchona cuttings at any cost.As Merrick travels into hostile territory, he meets Raphael, a priest around whom the villagers spin unsettlingly familiar stories of impossible disappearances and living stone. It is through him that Merrick finally discovers a legacy that will prove more dangerous and valuable than the India Office could ever have imagined.

Step back into the enchanting world of The Watchmaker of Filigree Street. This extraordinary sequel takes readers to Japan, where time, destiny and love collide to electrifying effectFor Thaniel Steepleton, an unexpected posting to Tokyo can't come at a better moment. The London fog has made him ill and doctor's orders are to get out.His brief is strange: the staff at the British Legation have been seeing ghosts, and his first task is to find out what's going on. But staying with his closest friend Keita Mori in Yokohama, Thaniel starts to experience ghostly happenings himself. For reasons he won't say, Mori is frightened. Then he vanishes.Meanwhile, something strange is happening in a frozen labour camp in northern Japan. Takiko Pepperharrow, an old friend of Mori's, must investigate.As ghosts appear across Tokyo and the weather turns bizarrely electrical, Thaniel grows convinced that it all has something to do with Mori's disappearance - and that Mori might be in far more trouble than any of them first thought.

A timely and timeless reimagining of the story of Dionysus, Greek God of ecstasy and madness, revelry and ruin, for readers of The Song of Achilles and Elektra.Raised in a Greek legion, Phaidros has been taught to fight for the homeland hes never seen and to follow his commanders orders at all costs. But when he rescues a baby from a fire at Thebess palace, his commanders orders cease to make sense: Phaidros is forced to abandon the blue-eyed boy at a temple, and to keep the babys existence a secret.Years later, after a strange encounter that led to the death of his battalion, Phaidros has become a training master for young soldiers. He struggles with panic attacks and flashbacks, and he is not the only one: all around him, his fellow veterans are losing their minds.Phaidross risk of madness is not his only problem: his life has become entangled with Thebess young crown prince, who wishes to escape the marriage his mother, the Queen, has chosen for him. When the prince vanishes, Phaidros is drawn into the search for him-a search that leads him to a blue-eyed witch named Dionysus, whose guidance is as wise as the events that surround him are strange. In Dionysuss company, Phaidros witnesses sudden outbursts of riots and unrest, and everywhere Dionysus goes, rumors follow about a new god, one sired by Zeus but lost in a fire.In The Hymn to Dionysus, bestselling author Natasha Pulley transports us to an ancient empire on the edge of ruin to tell an utterly captivating story about a man needing a god to remind him how to be a human.Praise for The Hymn to Dionysus[A] fresh and stylish reimagining . . . Fans of Greek myth retellings wont want to miss this Publishers Weekly, Starred review Witty, bittersweet, surprising, and compellingly readable Kirkus Reviews, Starred ReviewA completely original and bewitching adventure A. D. Rhine, author of Daughters of Bronze and Horses of FireA dazzling labyrinth of a book that pulls you in with both hands Luna McNamara, author of PSYCHE AND EROSThis is more than a story of love and escape and broken chains. This is more than an exquisitely crafted tale. This book is a candle in a dark hour Maya Deane, author of Wrath Goddess Sing[Pulley] makes the ancient world feel close-by. I was enthralled from the first page to the lastElyse John, author of Orphia and EurydiciusThis novel twists the ideas of duty and honour, exploring the depths of humanity and the power of connection in a world consumed by chaos. An absolute must-read Crystal King, bestselling author of In the Garden of Monsters and Feast of Sorrow

Pure Pulley STUART TURTONJoyful and profoundCATRIONA WARDSimply unputdownable THOMAS D. LEEJanuary Stirling was one of the principal dancers of Londons Royal Ballet. Now hes a climate refugee bound for Tharsis, the notorious terraformed colony on Mars. Its a utopia for the naturalised population. For January, as a dangerous Earthstronger whose body is unadjusted to the weaker Martian gravity, its a life sentence to hard labour and ferocious discrimination. But he will live.Aubrey Gale, energy trillionaire and hereditary senator, is running for election on a hardline platform to protect the native population from dangerous immigrants. The path to equality is simple, requiring all Earthstrongers who choose to come to Mars to undergo the disabling and sometimes fatal process of surgical naturalisation.Which is no life at all.When a disastrous media encounter plunges Aubrey and Januarys lives into chaos, the solution is a five-year made-for-reality-TV marriage that could secure Januarys future and ensure Aubreys political success . . . but it soon becomes clear that thousands of lives hang in the balance, and nothing is as it seems.Timely and utterly unputdownable, The Mars House is an exceptional genre-blending story about privilege, strength, life, and love across class divisions - perfect for fans of Babel by R.F. Kuang, The Ferryman by Justin Cronin, and This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone.

In uncharted Peru, the holy town of Bedlam stands at the edge of a mysterious forest. Deep within are cinchona trees, whose bark yields the only known treatment for malaria.In 1859, across the Pacific, India is ravaged by the disease. In desperation, the India Office dispatches the injured expeditionary Merrick Tremayne to Bedlam, under orders to return with cinchona cuttings. But there he meets Raphael, an enigmatic priest who is the key to a secret which will prove more valuable than they could ever have imagined.

El relojero de Filigree Street es una novela insólita, brillante, que nos devuelve al Londres de Chesterton, un lugar donde se dan cita las emociones, el ingenio y los mecanismos de relojería. Londres, 1883. Al regresar a su pequeño apartamento, Thaniel Steepleton se lleva una sorpresa: alguien ha dejado un reloj de oro en su almohada, pero el joven no tiene tiempo de averiguar quien ha entrado en su casa y se ha portado de forma tan generosa... Trabaja como telegrafista en el ministerio de asuntos interiores y acaba de recibir un cable anunciando un atentado. Cuando la alarma del misterioso reloj le salva de una explosion que destruye varios edificios, Thaniel emprende la busqueda del relojero que lo programo, y descubre a su creador: Keita Mori, un japones amable y solitario, que domina los secretos del tiempo y le lleva de la mano a un mundo nuevo, delicado y misterioso. Mientras tanto, Grace Carrow, una joven estudiante dedicada en cuerpo y alma a la fisica, se cuela furtivamente en una biblioteca de Oxford disfrazada de hombre, antes de que su madre la obligue a casarse. ¿Como van a cruzarse las vidas de Thaniel y Mori con las ambiciones de Grace? ¿Que los une y, mas aun, que los separa? El relojero de Filigree Street es el sorprendente debut literario de una autora joven y talentosa, Natasha Pulley. Una maravillosa novela que trata sobre un hombre cuya vida funcionaba como un reloj... hasta que conocio al relojero. Reseña:No hay nada mejor que tener entre manos una historia que te intriga, te emociona... y al final descubrir que se trata de una primera novela. Natasha Pulley tiene madera de gran narradora.Los Angeles Times Electrizante... la imaginacion y el talento al servicio de la buena literatura.Publishers Weekly

El relojero de Filigree Street es una novela insólita, brillante, que nos devuelve al Londres de Chesterton, un lugar donde se dan cita las emociones, el ingenio y los mecanismos de relojería. Londres, 1883. Al regresar a su pequeño apartamento, Thaniel Steepleton se lleva una sorpresa: alguien ha dejado un reloj de oro en su almohada, pero el joven no tiene tiempo de averiguar quien ha entrado en su casa y se ha portado de forma tan generosa... Trabaja como telegrafista en el ministerio de asuntos interiores y acaba de recibir un cable anunciando un atentado. Cuando la alarma del misterioso reloj le salva de una explosion que destruye varios edificios, Thaniel emprende la busqueda del relojero que lo programo, y descubre a su creador: Keita Mori, un japones amable y solitario, que domina los secretos del tiempo y le lleva de la mano a un mundo nuevo, delicado y misterioso. Mientras tanto, Grace Carrow, una joven estudiante dedicada en cuerpo y alma a la fisica, se cuela furtivamente en una biblioteca de Oxford disfrazada de hombre, antes de que su madre la obligue a casarse. ¿Como van a cruzarse las vidas de Thaniel y Mori con las ambiciones de Grace? ¿Que los une y, mas aun, que los separa? El relojero de Filigree Street es el sorprendente debut literario de una autora joven y talentosa, Natasha Pulley. Una maravillosa novela que trata sobre un hombre cuya vida funcionaba como un reloj... hasta que conocio al relojero. Reseña:No hay nada mejor que tener entre manos una historia que te intriga, te emociona... y al final descubrir que se trata de una primera novela. Natasha Pulley tiene madera de gran narradora.Los Angeles Times Electrizante... la imaginacion y el talento al servicio de la buena literatura.Publishers Weekly

El relojero de Filigree Street es una novela insólita, brillante, que nos devuelve al Londres de Chesterton, un lugar donde se dan cita las emociones, el ingenio y los mecanismos de relojería.Londres, 1883. Al regresar a su pequeño apartamento, Thaniel Steepleton se lleva una sorpresa: alguien ha dejado un reloj de oro en su almohada, pero el joven no tiene tiempo de averiguar quien ha entrado en su casa y se ha portado de forma tan generosa... Trabaja como telegrafista en el ministerio de asuntos interiores y acaba de recibir un cable anunciando un atentado.Cuando la alarma del misterioso reloj le salva de una explosion que destruye varios edificios, Thaniel emprende la busqueda del relojero que lo programo, y descubre a su creador: Keita Mori, un japones amable y solitario, que domina los secretos del tiempo y le lleva de la mano a un mundo nuevo, delicado y misterioso.Mientras tanto, Grace Carrow, una joven estudiante dedicada en cuerpo y alma a la fisica, se cuela furtivamente en una biblioteca de Oxford disfrazada de hombre, antes de que su madre la obligue a casarse.¿Como van a cruzarse las vidas de Thaniel y Mori con las ambiciones de Grace? ¿Que los une y, mas aun, que los separa?El relojero de Filigree Street es el sorprendente debut literario de una autora joven y talentosa, Natasha Pulley. Una maravillosa novela que trata sobre un hombre cuya vida funcionaba como un reloj... hasta que conocio al relojero.Reseña: No hay nada mejor que tener entre manos una historia que te intriga, te emociona... y al final descubrir que se trata de una primera novela. Natasha Pulley tiene madera de gran narradora.Los Angeles TimesElectrizante... la imaginacion y el talento al servicio de la buena literatura.Publishers Weekly