The Demi-Monde: Fall

In this final volume of the massively complex Demi-Monde series (after The Demi-Monde: Summer), Rees pulls together far-flung threads and weaves them into a grand finale replete with violence and plot twists. The time has come for myriad intrigues perpetuated by the Bole Institute and ParaDigm Corporation to come to fruition, both in the Real World and in the Demi-Monde. Norma Williams, the newly minted messiah still stuck in the Demi-Monde, must reach the Real World immediately, while Trixie Dashwood confronts his Holiness Aleister Crowley and the UnFunDaMentalists who are bent on dominating Demi-Monde. The QuanPuter ABBA, the massive quantum computer that created the Demi-Monde, finally tips its hand to actively tinker with both worlds. This is not anything like a starting point for new readers, but fans of the series will admire the daring conclusion to Rees’s steampunk techno-thriller. Agent: John Jarrold, John Jarrold Agency. (Oct.)