Four and Twenty Blackbirds
core novel 2003 Eden Moore
Record
| First published | 2003 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.70 (2,415 ratings, collected 2026-10-18) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780765313089 |
| Internal chronology | 1 |
Synopsis
Although she was orphaned at birth, Eden Moore, raised on Signal Mountain above Chattanooga by her mother's family and above all by her Aunt Louise, is never alone. Three dead women watch from the shadows, bound to protect her from harm. But in the woods a gunman waits, convinced that Eden is destined to follow her wicked great-grandfather, a magician with the power to curse the living and raise the dead. Now Eden must decipher the secret of the ghostly trio before a new enemy, more dangerous than the fanatical assassin, destroys what is left of her family. She will sift through lies in a Georgia antebellum mansion and climb through the haunted ruins of a nineteenth-century hospital, desperately seeking the truth that will save her beloved aunt from the curse that threatens her life.
Where it sits
- Universe: Eden Moore
- Series: Eden Moore core; position 1 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Cherie Priest
Awards (verified)
- Lulu Blooker Prize (Fiction), 2006: won; First winner in the fiction category, per the author's encyclopedic entry.
Notes
- First published by a small press in 2003; the Tor edition of October 2005, whose ISBN is recorded, brought it to a wide readership.
- From the series record (Eden Moore): Cherie Priest's Southern Gothic trilogy of the reluctant medium Eden Moore, each book a stand-alone sequel to the last.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series Eden Moore: position 1 of 3: next Wings to the Kingdom (2006)
Sources
- Eden Moore series listing (OverDrive)
- Tor (publisher descriptions, via Hoopla)
- SFF Chronicles (Tor edition details)
- Tor (publisher description, via Worlds Without End)
- Wikipedia
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