THE Stress of Her Regard

"A reigning master of adult contemporary fantasy." Booklist "The reigning king of adult historical fantasy." Kirkus Reviews "Powers has already proved that he is a master of what he terms 'doing card tricks in the dark,' referring to the incredible amount of historical, biographical, and practical research that goes into his works." Harvard Review "Through both innovation and preservation, Tachyon Publications has become one of the most respected publishing houses in speculative fiction." Hellnotes: Fiction, Movies, and Art Dedicated to the Horror Genre"Powers plots like a demon." The Village Voice Literary Supplement"Good serious fantasy doesn't come much better than The Stress of Her Regard." Oxford Times"Great ambition and intensity ... a complex and satisfying novel." Interzone magazine "No one writing today fuses history with fantasy as shrewdlyor as unpredictablyas Tim Powers." The Barnes and Noble Review "Perfect ... like listening to Chopin ... the most beautiful thing in the world ... immaculate ... transubstantial" pauljessep.com "To read Powers is to become immersed in an alternate world that seems more real than our own." Dead in the South "Well-written and overflowing with imagination." Bookgasm "Dark, decadent, romantic fantasy ... utterly fantastic." J.A. Clemens, author, Orlando and Geoffrey "Intricately laced plots, theories of magick advanced and practical, and strange-but-true historical incidents." Green Man Review