A NEBULA AWARD FINALISTONE OF NPR'S BEST BOOKS OF THE YEARHilarious heartfelt and brimming
with humanity. Cynthia D Aprix Sweeney author of The Nest Teddy Telemachus is a charming con
man with a gift for sleight of hand and some shady underground associates. In need of cash he
tricks his way into a classified government study about telekinesis and its possible role in
intelligence gathering. There he meets Maureen McKinnon and it s not just her piercing blue
eyes that leave Teddy forever charmed but her mind Maureen is a genuine psychic of immense and
mysterious power. After a whirlwind courtship they marry have three gifted children and
become the Amazing Telemachus Family performing astounding feats across the country. Irene is
a human lie detector. Frankie can move objects with his mind. And Buddy the youngest can see
the future. Then one night tragedy leaves the family shattered. Decades later the Telemachuses
are not so amazing. Irene is a single mom whose ear for truth makes it hard to hold down a job
much less hold together a relationship. Frankie s in serious debt to his dad s old mob
associates. Buddy has completely withdrawn into himself and inexplicably begun digging a hole
in the backyard. To make matters worse the CIA has come knocking looking to see if there s
any magic left in the Telemachus clan. And there is: Irene s son Matty has just had his first
out-of-body experience. But he hasn t told anyone even though his newfound talent might just
be what his family needs to save themselves if it doesn t tear them apart in the process.
Harnessing the imaginative powers that have made him a master storyteller Daryl Gregory
delivers a stunning laugh-out-loud new novel about a family of gifted dreamers and the
invisible forces that bind us all.
