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The Ballad of Black Tom

Published
Feb 2016
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Dark Fantasy Dark Fantasy
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160

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People move to New York looking for magic and nothing will convince them it isn't there.

Charles Thomas Tester hustles to put food on the table, keep the roof over his father's head, from Harlem to Flushing Meadows to Red Hook. He knows what magic a suit can cast, the invisibility a guitar case can provide, and the curse written on his skin that attracts the eye of wealthy white folks and their cops. But when he delivers an occult tome to a reclusive sorceress in the heart of Queens, Tom opens a door to a deeper realm of magic, and earns the attention of things best left sleeping.

A storm that might swallow the world is building in Brooklyn. Will Black Tom live to see it break?

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First Edition Feb 2016 Tor ISBN 0765387867
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Sep 2022 Daw ISBN 1250817552
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Jan 2016 Tor.com ISBN B0166PX1Z8
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Feb 2016 Daw ISBN 0765386615
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Feb 2016 Macmillan Audio ISBN B0161YR0I8
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