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'Orphaned as a young child, Mirin O'Malley has been brought up by her grandparents on their isolated, rambling estate Hob's Hallow. Long ago her family prospered due to a deal struck with the mer, the terrifying creatures who live in the depths of the sea: safety for their merchant ships in return for a child of each generation. But for many years the family have been unable to keep their side of the bargain and their fortunes have suffered as a result.
'When Mirin's grandfather dies, her grandmother puts in train a plans to restore their glory - but at the price of Mirin's freedom. Finding amongst her grandfather's papers evidence that her parents may still be alive, Mirin is determined to escape and discover the truth about her origins. This takes her on a treacherous journey to Blackwater, the estate her parents built when they fled Hob's Hallow, but on arrival Mirin finds the estate in decline and her 'Uncle Edward' in charge: where are her parents, and who is this Edward Elliott really?
'A story of mystery and magic and the strange creatures that lurk beneath the waves.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
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Works about this Work
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[Review] All the Murmuring Bones
2021
single work
review
— Appears in: Aurealis , no. 144 2021;
— Review of All the Murmuring Bones 2021 single work novel -
Locus Looks at Books
2021
single work
review
— Appears in: Locus , March vol. 86 no. 3 2021; (p. 19, 55)
— Review of All the Murmuring Bones 2021 single work novel ; Red New Day 2020 selected work short story
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Locus Looks at Books
2021
single work
review
— Appears in: Locus , March vol. 86 no. 3 2021; (p. 19, 55)
— Review of All the Murmuring Bones 2021 single work novel ; Red New Day 2020 selected work short story -
[Review] All the Murmuring Bones
2021
single work
review
— Appears in: Aurealis , no. 144 2021;
— Review of All the Murmuring Bones 2021 single work novel
Awards
- 2022 shortlisted Ditmar Awards — Best Novel
- 2021 nominated Shirley Jackson Awards — Novel
- 2021 finalist Aurealis Awards for Excellence in Australian Speculative Fiction — Fantasy Division — Novel
- 2021 shortlisted Queensland Literary Awards — The Courier-Mail People's Choice Queensland Book of the Year