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"A sparkling debut. Landragin's seductive literary romp shines as a celebration of the act of storytelling." --Publishers Weekly

"Romance, mystery, history, and magical invention dance across centuries in an impressive debut novel... Landragin carries off the whole handsomely written enterprise with panache." --Kirkus Reviews (Starred)

"This novel is outstanding for its sheer inventiveness. The alternative ordering of chapters creates a tension that heightens the awareness of the interlocking aspects of time and space, while deft writing seduces the reader in a complex tale of pursuit, denial, and retribution moving from past to future. Highly recommended." --Library Journal (Starred)

"A high-concept speculative adventure novel executed with intelligence and grace...an invigorating puzzle of a book that reads like a complete, intricate work of genre-defying fiction."
--Vulture

"Netflix would do well to option it immediately." --New York Times Book Review

"Alex Landragin has created something entirely original." --Shelf Awareness

"An exquisite novel. My initial melancholy rage at not having written it myself swiftly transformed into blissful gratitude that it exists at all, and that I am lucky enough to read it. Sure to be one of the biggest literary events of the year." --Sam J. Miller, Nebula Award Winning author of Blackfish City

"Alex Landragin has given us a deeply satisfying read!" --Dan Chaon, author of Ill Will

"Crossings is playful, obsessive, romantic, intelligent, and wholly absorbing, with fascinations enough for a whole shelf of novels." --Kevin Brockmeier, New York Times Bestselling author

"Alex Landragin works a vast magician's kit of erudite invention and heart in this enchanting debut. Crossings is a novel to savor and re-read." --Wells Tower, author of Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned