Someplace to Be Flying
novel 1998 Newford
Record
| First published | 1998 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780312858490 |
Synopsis
Set in Newford, this novel follows Lily, a photojournalist chasing rumors of strange 'animal people' said to live among the city's slums, and Hank, a streetwise cab driver who knows that world firsthand. A violent encounter throws the two together and pulls them into a hidden conflict centered on the First People -- ancient, shapeshifting beings rooted in Native American myth, among them Raven, Coyote, and other animal-form figures who have quietly inhabited the world since its creation. Lily and Hank find themselves drawn into a struggle over the city's soul, where ordinary appearances conceal older, stranger loyalties and nothing is quite what it seems. The book weaves corvid and trickster mythology through a contemporary urban setting, exploring how these ancient inhabitants shape the fates of the humans who share their city.
Where it sits
- Universe: Newford
- Series: Newford, further novels ; position 2 of 4 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Charles de Lint
Notes
- From the series record (Newford, further novels): Further Newford novels; de Lint also wrote many Newford short-story collections not catalogued individually here.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings and are never conflated: a book's place in one says nothing about its place in the other.
- Publication order, within the series Newford, further novels: position 2 of 4: previous Trader (1997) · next Forests of the Heart (2000)
Sources
← Newford dossier · All universes
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