The debut novel from Jadie Jang is an action-packed urban fantasy delivering a bold new take on the Monkey King in San Francisco - complete with murder and mayhem!
Claire Light (writing as Jadie Jang) is almost as
organizy as her characters. She started a magazine (Hyphen) and an
arts festival (APAture) with a cast of Asian Pacific Americans even
more magical, if less supernatural, than the ones she writes about.
She also got an MFA, went to Clarion West, and compromised between
the two by publishing a collection of “literary” sci-fi short
stories (Slightly Behind and to the Left) that maybe 100 people
read. After wrangling arts and social justice non-profits for 17
years, her already autoimmune-disease-addled body threw a
seven-year-long tantrum, leading our then-house-bound heroine into
an urban fantasy addiction.
A few years, and a dozen Euro-centric-mythology-dominated urban
fantasy series later, Claire sat up and said “I can do this!” and
Jadie Jang, the part of her brain that writes snarky-fun genre
romps, was born. She posts about monkeys every Monday under
@seelight on Twitter.
"Action-packed and inventive, Monkey Around is the magical realist
detective story we've all been waiting for. Jadie Jang tells a
powerful story of immigrant communities living in the space between
supernatural and political worlds--and it's a hell of a lot of fun,
too.” -- Annalee Newitz
"Maya McQueen—activist, sleuth, shape-shifter—investigates a spate
of murders and disappearances in a San Francisco lushly populated
by supernatural creatures. Jadie Jang delivers a spellbinding and
action-packed thriller in this brilliant twist on the legend of the
Monkey King." -- Lauren McLaughlin
“A glittering shapeshifter of a novel that takes you where the
modern city and post-modern magic meet.“ -- Terry Bisson, author of
Bears Discover Fire
"Pure fun to all sentient beings and to those that aspire to be."
-- Ed Lin, author of David Tung Can't Have a Girlfriend Until He
Gets Into an Ivy League College and Motherfuckerland
"This hilarious take on the Bay Area and the Asian American
community in the 21st Century filled me with pure joy." -- Naomi
Hirahara, Edgar Award-winning author of the Mas Arai
and Leilani Santiago mysteries
"Fans of new takes on folklore will want to check this out." --
Publishers Weekly
*Publishers Weekly*
"As delightful, nimble, and unpredictable as its namesake, Monkey
Around is phantasmagoric in every sense of the word." -- Scott
Westerfeld, author of Uglies and Impostors
"Hooray to Jadie Jang for creating characters we’ve been waiting
for! Monkey Around is action-adventure poetry." -- Andrea Hairston,
author of Master of Poisons
"As nimble and spirited as its were-monkey protagonist, Monkey
Around is a wild romp through evocatively portrayed post-financial
collapse San Francisco." --Molly Tanzer, author of Vermilion and
Creatures of Will and Temper
“Engaging characters, intriguing creatures, and thrilling action
scenes.”
*B?uzzFeed*
“Jang has put a wonderful amount of thought into a brisk,
action-packed story.” -- Sia, Blogger - Every Book a Doorway
"Immensely enjoyable urban fantasy." -- K.J. Charles, author of A
Charm of Magpies series
"[Monkey Around] uses myths to inform the world, but never bows to
them, this feels like a very contemporary book" -- SF Book Reviews
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