Vividly drawn, expertly plotted, The Dreaming Jewels is a Sturgeon masterpiece. The full-length debut by Theodore Sturgeon, a legendary writer who won Nebula and Hugo Awards and authored such classic. In The Dreaming Jewels, Theodore Sturgeon renders the multiple wounds of loneliness, fear, and persecution with uncanny precision. The Maneater has sinister plans for the world that go far beyond fleecing unsuspecting rubes and other easy marks-a dark and terrible scheme that requires unleashing the extraterrestrial power of the dreaming jewels, and the unwitting assistance of a young boy who may be far more remarkable than he’s ever imagined. There, among the fortune tellers, fire-eaters, sideshow freaks, and assorted “strange people,” Horty hopes to find acceptance and, at long last, a real home. But disgraced doctor Pierre “Maneater” Monetre’s traveling show is no ordinary entertainment, and its performers are not what they appear to be. Tormented and abused by his adoptive family, he’s had enough-and with a beloved broken toy he calls “Junky” as his sole companion, the desperate little boy runs away to join a carnival. Though only eight years old, little Horton “Horty” Bluett has known a lifetime of sadness. A desperate boy escapes his abusive home by joining a carnival and is drawn into a dark conspiracy in this tale by “a master storyteller” (Kurt Vonnegut).
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