Lisa Goldstein

Weighing Shadows Lisa Goldstein

Marc Notes: Ann Decker fixes computers for a living, and in the evenings she passes the time sharpening her hacking skills. One day she gets a job offer for a company called Transformations Incorporated who have invented technology to travel in time. Soon Ann is visiting a matriarchy in ancient Crete, and then a woman mathematician at the Library of Alexandria. But Transformations Incorporated remains shrouded in mystery, and when Ann finally catches her breath, there are too many troubling questions still unanswered. When a coworker turns up dead, Ann's superiors warn her about a covert group called Core out to sabotage the company. Something just isn't right, but before she has time to investigate, Ann is sent to a castle in the south of France, nearly a thousand years in the past. Biographical Note: Lisa Goldstein is the National Book Award-winning fantasy author of "The Red Magician." Her stories have appeared in "Ms.," "Asimov s Science Fiction," and "The Year s Best Fantasy and Horror," and her novels and short stories have been finalists for the Hugo, Nebula, and World Fantasy awards. Her most recent novel, "The Uncertain Places," won the 2012 Mythopoeic Award, and her short story Paradise Is a Walled Garden won the 2011 Sidewise Award. Goldstein lives with her husband and their Labrador retriever, Bonnie, in Oakland, California. "Review Quotes: "It's so rare to see somebody doing something really interesting and different with time travel. Goldstein always impresses me, and "Weighing Shadows" is one of her best."Jo Walton, Hugo Award-winning author of "Among Others" and "My Real Children" ""Weighing Shadows" shimmers with intelligence and intrigue. It is that rare phenomenon: a science-fiction novel that faces squarely the hard trade-offs between compassion and self-preservation. This is story-telling at its best."Nancy Kress, Hugo and Nebula-Award winning author of "Beggars in Spain" ""Weighing Shadows" passes the acid test of time-travel fiction with flying colorsit makes you think about the past in a brand new way, both in a personal sense and in terms of the weight of history. It turns out Lisa Goldstein's time travelers are just as fascinating as her travelers in magic."Charlie Jane Anders, author of "All the Birds in the Sky""Publisher Marketing: A new time-traveling fantasy from National Book Award-winner Lisa Goldstein. Ann Decker fixes computers for a living, and in the evenings she passes the time sharpening her hacking skills. It's not a very interesting life, but she gets byuntil one day she's contacted with a job offer for a company called Transformations Incorporated. None of her coworkers have ever heard of it before, and when Ann is finally told what the company does, she can hardly believe it: TI has invented technology to travel in time. Soon Ann is visiting a matriarchy in ancient Crete, and then a woman mathematician at the Library of Alexandria. But Transformations Incorporated remains shrouded in mystery, and when Ann finally catches her breath, there are too many troubling questions still unanswered. Who are Transformations Incorporated, and what will they use this technology to gain? What ill effects might going back in time have on the present day? Is it really as harmless as TI says? When a coworker turns up dead, Ann s superiors warn her about a covert group called Core out to sabotage the company. Something just isn t right, but before she has time to investigate, Ann is sent to a castle in the south of France, nearly a thousand years in the past. As the armies of the Crusade arrive to lay siege, and intrigue grows among the viscount s family, Ann will discover the startling truthnot just about the company that sent her there, but also about her own past." Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 09/15/2015 (EAN 9781597808408, Paperback) Contributor Bio:  Goldstein, Lisa Lisa Goldstein is the author of seven widely acclaimed novels, including "The Dream Years, A Mask for the General, Strange Devices of the Sun and Moon, Tourists, Summer King, Winter Fool, "and "Dark Cities Underground", as well as numerous works of short fiction, recently collected in the anthology "Travellers in Magic". Goldstein lives in Oakland, California.