The Dead Cat Tail Assassins
core novel 2024 The Dead Cat Tail Assassins
Record
| First published | 2024 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.84 (9,938 ratings, collected 2026-09-21) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9781250767042 |
Synopsis
Undead assassin Eveen is hired to kill a girl named Sky, but upon seeing her regains forbidden memories revealing Sky as a time-traveling version of herself; the two flee a contract orchestrated by a vengeful patriarch.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Dead Cat Tail Assassins
- Series: The Dead Cat Tail Assassins core; position 1 of 1 in the series' recorded order
- Author: P. Djèlí Clark
Awards (verified)
- Locus Award (Best Fantasy Novel), 2025: finalist; Per the no-cutoff Locus-poll convention (canon-extension conventions): registered as finalist.
Notes
- From the series record (The Dead Cat Tail Assassins): A single standalone book; registered as its own sequence record for structural consistency with other single-book universes in this canon.
Sources
- Wikipedia: The Dead Cat Tail Assassins
- Macmillan: The Dead Cat Tail Assassins
- Book Riot: 2025 Locus Awards Finalists
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