Saint Death's Daughter will leave you feeling she's actually summoned a new world, and you might just stumble upon it around the next corner. 'CSE Cooney’s prose once again delivers on the promise of the wild magic and music. 'A story that is by turns sly, sensual, and surprisingly sweet, Cooney spins an unexpected tale with an absolutely perfect ending.' - Sharon Shinn, author of the Samaria series, and the Twelve Houses series Redick, author of The Fire Sacraments Trilogy, and The Chathrand Voyage Quartet Is it so beautiful, smart and joyful that I finished it gasping? Yes, yes, YES.' - Robert V.S. 'The writing is dense with poetry, festooned to the eyelids - occasionally to the gills and other body-parts - with fantastic imagery that comes together in the end in unexpected and entirely satisfying ways.' - Patricia A. 'A rococo romp through strange and eerily familiar worlds.'- Erin Downey Howerton, Booklist 'There is always the music of the writing, and the comic coloration, and the engaging and just awakening Desdemona to keep us entranced.' - Rich Horton, Locus

“Edgy, romantic, earthy, and colorful.“ - Amy Goldschlager, Locus It’s also pleasantly queer and drunk on language, which appealed to me deeply. “ Desdemona and the Deep is an eloquent, elegant novella about power, art, consequence and change. 'It's a treasure chest of a collection, and it's full of gems.” - Sharon Shinn, author of the Elemental Blessings series Her stories are wild, theatrical, full of music and murder and magic.” - James Enge, author of Blood of Ambrose Cooney is a master piper, playing songs within songs. Once that wave has broken over you, you are never the same.' - Tiffany Trent, author of The Unnaturalists Coaxed by her deft hand, lands and people long lost to memory resurface, breaking through the hearts of readers with the force of a gentle tsunami. Cooney's Bone Swans is like visiting a literary Ys. 'Highly original, mythic in scope, lyrically told, just plain fun.' - Nicole Kornher-Stace, author of Archivist Wasp Wilce, Andre Norton Award-winning author of Flora's Dare 'Stories of surpassing delicacy and wit, told by a lady of rare talent.” - Ysabeau S. 'These stories are a pure joy.” -Delia Sherman, author of Young Woman in a Garden: Stories “Memorable prose propelled by extraordinary ideas… Twisted genius!” - Locus “A delicious stew of science fiction, horror, and fantasy, marked by unforgettable characters who plumb the depths of pathos and triumph.” - Publishers Weekly, starred review Valente, NYT-bestselling author of the Fairyland novels Cooney is one of the most moving, daring, and plainly beautiful voices to come out of recent fantasy. This remarkable and richly detailed adventure is worth savoring.' - Publishers Weekly 'Newcomers will still find Cooney’s glittering narrative skills and vivid worldbuilding addictive, her diverse characters intriguing, and her message of justice and freedom stirring.

Desdemona and the Deep by C.S.E. Cooney