?Crackling with magic mystery adventure and intrigue VenCo is a captivating tribute to the
bonds of families we are born into and the ones that we create and a delightful testament to
the power of all womankind.?? Nikki Erlick New York Times bestselling author of The Measure
For fans of The Once and Future Witches and Practical Magic comes an incredibly imaginative
highly anticipated new novel featuring witches magic and a road trip across America?from
Cherie Dimaline the critically acclaimed author of Empire of Wild. Métis millennial Lucky St.
James is barely hanging on when she learns she'll be evicted from the tiny Toronto apartment
she shares with her cantankerous but loving grandmother Stella. But then one night something
strange and irresistible calls out to Lucky. She burrows through a wall to find a tarnished
silver spoon humming with otherworldly energy etched with a crooked-nosed witch and the word
SALEM. Lucky is familiar with the magic of her indigenous ancestors but she has no idea that
the spoon connects her to a teeming network of witches across North America who have anxiously
awaited her discovery. Enter VenCo a front company fueled by vast resources of dark money (its
name is an anagram of ?coven.?) VenCo's witches hide in plain sight wherever women gather:
Tupperware parties Mommy & Me classes suburban book clubs. Since colonial times they have
awaited the moment the seven spoons will come together and ignite a new era returning women to
their rightful power. But as reckoning approaches a very powerful adversary is stalking their
every move. He's Jay Christos a roguish and deadly witch-hunter as old as witchcraft itself.
To find the last spoon Lucky and Stella embark on a rollicking and dangerous road trip to the
darkly magical city of New Orleans where the final showdown will determine whether VenCo will
usher in a new beginning...or remain underground forever. A wildly imaginative and compulsively
readable fantasia of adventure history Americana feminism and magic VenCo is a novel only
the supremely gifted Cherie Dimaline could write.
