
Ghost Talkers
#6020 of 8,085 books · #874 in Historical Fiction
Shortlisted for the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature (2017).
A brilliant historical fantasy novel from acclaimed author Mary Robinette Kowal featuring the mysterious spirit corps and their heroic work in World War I. Ginger Stuyvesant, an American heiress living in London during World War I, is engaged to Captain Benjamin Harford, an intelligence officer. Ginger is a medium for the Spirit Corps, a special Spiritualist force. Each soldier heading for the front is conditioned to report to the mediums of the Spirit Corps when they die so the Corps can pass instant information about troop movements to military intelligence. Ginger and her fellow mediums contribute a great deal to the war efforts, so long as they pass the information through appropriate channels. While Ben is away at the front, Ginger discovers the presence of a traitor. Without the presence of her fiancé to validate her findings, the top brass thinks she's just imagining things. Even worse, it is clear that the Spirit Corps is now being directly targeted by the German war effort. Left to her own devices, Ginger has to find out how the Germans are targeting the Spirit Corps and stop them. This is a difficult and dangerous task for a woman of that era, but this time both the spirit and the flesh are willing.
- Publisher
- Tor Books
- ISBN-13
- 9781466860735
- Topics
Awards
- Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult LiteratureShortlisted(2017)
Other awarded books from Mary Robinette Kowal
- The Calculating Stars (2018)3 wins · 21 score
- The Spare Man (2022)0 wins · 7 score
- Glamour in Glass (2012)0 wins · 5 score
- The Relentless Moon (2020)0 wins · 5 score
- Shades of Milk and Honey (2010)0 wins · 3 score
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