Fantasy · Historical
The Ten Thousand Doors of January
In the early 1900s a girl of mixed heritage is raised as a curiosity in a rich man's mansion. She finds a strange book that tells of doors to other worlds, and begins to wonder what she really is.
- First published
- 2019
- Pace
- medium
- Length
- medium
- Format
- Standalone
Read this if you like lyrical portal fantasy that celebrates books, doors and the people who cannot be kept in boxes.
Skip this if you want brisk, plot-first fantasy, because the prose is ornate and the pace is gentle.
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