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Title: The Gracekeepers
Subtitle: A Novel
Author: Kirsty Logan
Narrator: Katy Townsend
Format: Unabridged
Length: 11 hrs and 18 mins
Language: English
Release date: 05-19-15
Publisher: Random House Audio
Ratings: 2 of 5 out of 1 votes
Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Fantasy: Epic
Publisher's Summary:
For fans of The Night Circus and Station 11, a lyrical and absorbing debut set in a world covered by water.
As a Gracekeeper, Callanish administers shoreside burials, laying the dead to their final resting place deep in the depths of the ocean. Alone on her island, she has exiled herself to a life of tending watery graves as penance for a long-ago mistake that still haunts her. Meanwhile, North works as a circus performer with the Excalibur, a floating troupe of acrobats, clowns, dancers, and trainers who sail from one archipelago to the next, entertaining in exchange for sustenance.
In a world divided between those inhabiting the mainland ("landlockers") and those who float on the sea ("damplings"), loneliness has become a way of life for North and Callanish, until a sudden storm offshore brings change to both their lives - offering them a new understanding of the world they live in and the consequences of the past, while restoring hope in an unexpected future.
Inspired in part by Scottish myths and fairytales, The Gracekeepers tells a modern story of an irreparably changed world: one that harbors the same isolation and sadness, but also joys and marvels of our own age.
Critic Reviews:
"A highly original fantasy, set in a haunting sea-world both familiar and mysterious." (Ursula K. Le Guin)
"The Gracekeepers is an enchanting, magical tale, and Kirsty Logan's writing is beautiful. Compelling and vivid, with Scottish lore woven lyrically throughout, The Gracekeepers explores such issues as loneliness and isolation, our innate tendencies to create divisions between ourselves and others, the consequences of long-ago actions, and, ultimately, the restoration of hope." (Sara Gruen, author of Water for Elephants and At the Water's Edge)
"A gorgeously melancholy novel, a post-apocalyptic fairy tale of mermen and mourning birds, ghost cities on the ocean floor and precious, precious soil. I envy the reader who is just now picking it up." (Camille DeAngelis, author of Bones & All)
Members Reviews:
Iâm pretty impressed that it still stands out to me after ...
This was the very first book I read in 2016. Iâm pretty impressed that it still stands out to me after this incredibly long year! I was running around Scotland when I spotted this - I still have yet to spot it in the States, although I know itâs here. The cover immediately drew my eye, because itâs just downright gorgeous. It was being toted as Scotlandâs author pick of the month or year or season or something, because Logan spun her tale around elements of Scottish fairy tales and folklore. Not only that, but the description promised circuses on ships and mermaids and two strong lady protags. How can I say no? So I quickly decided it was a necessary souvenir and buddy-read it with a friend of mine. It did not disappoint. The dark whimsy that Logan crafted into her world left me wanting to know more about the characters and the lands they live on (or around). Definitely worth picking up. Even though the cover difference between US and UK is ASTOUNDINGâpick it up wherever you are
An Unusual Book
This is a really unusual book--if you liked Night Circus or Station Eleven, you'll enjoy Gracekeepers.