Robin Sloan

Annabel Scheme and the Adventure of the New Golden Gate

Darice de Cuba

Since reading Mr. Penumbra and the 24-hour Bookstore, I follow Robin Sloan's newsletter. Hence when he did funding to publish his latest work I chipped in. The weekly serial story about Annabel Scheme (a follow up to the book 'Annabel Scheme') he wrote for the newspaper. Bundled in an e-book and online web version.

Read: Annabel Scheme and the Adventure of the New Golden Gate

It's an offbeat science fiction/occult story set in the not so distant futuristic future, much like Mr. Penumbra and Sourdough. I think if you are familiar with San Fransisco, especially the Bay Area, you'll enjoy this book much more.

On a sunny Tuesday in June, Stella Pajunas missed her burrito. This wouldn’t have been a problem except that multiple pedestrian onlookers watched her step onto the sidewalk, reach upward, and vanish. Burrito, splat.


Dramatic enough way for a mystery to begin.

Annabel Scheme and the Adventure of the New Golden Gate

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