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An epic yet personal look at several decades of life, love, and death in the imaginary city of Ambergris--previously chronicled in Jeff VanderMeer's acclaimed City of Saints & Madmen--Shriek: An Afterword relates the scandalous, heartbreaking, and horrifying secret history of two squabbling siblings and their confidantes, protectors, and enemies. Narrated with flamboyant intensity and under increasingly urgent conditions by ex-society figure Janice Shriek, this afterword presents a vivid gallery of characters and events, emphasizing the adventures of Janice's brother Duncan, a historian obsessed with a doomed love affair and a secret that may kill or transform him; a war between rival publishing houses that will change Ambergris forever; and the gray caps, a marginalized people armed with advanced fungal technologies who have been waiting underground for their chance to mold the future of the city. Part academic treatise, part tell-all biography, after this introduction to the Family Shriek, you'll never look at history in quite the same way again.
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Thoroughly enjoyed this one and the dynamic between the two siblings and the casual mushroom horror throughout. This one is vastly different in that the style resembles more of the Pallbearers' Club, but the detail is still there and it's nice to get to know set characters on a more personable level in a more direct manner, though I did love the style in City of Saints and Madmen. There was also a nod to the squid horror which I loved from the first book. Definitely going to keep chugging along with this trilogy