ChiZine Publications and author Daniel A. Rabuzzi are giving away free PDFs of Rabuzzi’s critically acclaimed fantasy novel The Choir Boats, through the end of the month. ChiZine’s Deborah Mills tells us the book was “described as ‘vibrant’ and rich with ‘verve and wit,’ it’s a seagoing fantasy yarn that is like Gulliver’s Travels crossed with The Golden Compass and a dollop of Pride and Prejudice.”
The book is available at this Wowio link, and is apparently “Wowio’s most popular ever free Book of the Month download.”
The book debuted at last year’s WorldCon, and is the first of Rabuzzi’s planned “Longing for Yount” series. Rabuzzi offers this description of the novel, which is set in London in 1812:
“What would you give to make good on the sins of your past? For merchant Barnabas McDoon, the answer is: everything.
“When emissaries from a world called Yount offer Barnabas a chance to redeem himself, he accepts their price—to voyage to Yount with the key that only he can use to unlock the door to their prison. But bleak forces seek to stop him: Yount’s jailer, a once-human wizard who craves his own salvation, kidnaps Barnabas’s nephew. A fallen angel—a monstrous owl with eyes of fire—will unleash Hell if Yount is freed. And, meanwhile, Barnabas’s niece, Sally, and a mysterious pauper named Maggie seek with dream-songs to wake the sleeping goddess who may be the only hope for Yount and Earth alike.”