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Profound and enthralling. This book is a delicate dream, mixing its own internal mythology with a brutal tale of prejudice and human frailty. I cant recommend it enough. Tanzer is absolutely one to watch. Seanan McGuire, bestselling, award-winning author of In an Absent DreamAmityville baywoman Ellie West fishes by day and bootlegs moonshine by night. Its dangerous work under Prohibitionindependent operators like her are despised by federal agents and mobsters alikebut Ellies brother was accepted to college and Ellies desperate to see him go. So desperate that when wealthy strangers ask her to procure libations for an extravagant party Ellie sells them everything she has, including some booze she acquired under unusual circumstances.What Ellie doesnt know is that this booze is special. Distilled from foul mushrooms by a cult of diabolists, those who drink it see terrible thingslike the destruction of Long Island in fire and flood. The cult is masquerading as a church promising salvation through temperance and a return to the good old days, so its hard for Ellie to take a stand against them, especially when her father joins, but Ellie loves Long Island, and she loves her family, and shell do whatever it takes to ensure neither is torn apart.