The Mills of the Gods
$64.77
- Hardcover
304 pages
- Release Date
13 January 2026
Summary
A HARROWING SUPERNATURAL ADVENTURE, FULL OF COLOR, DRAMA, AND ROMANCE, AS ONLY TIM POWERS CAN DELIVER
PARIS, 1925
HARRY NOLAN is an expatriate American, making a meager living as an illustrator for a low-paying magazine, but his life is upended when he is assigned to illustrate an anonymous article about the death of a god—because a centuries-old French brotherhood, the sauteurs, are determined to suppress the story the article tells. The sauteurs have burned…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781668073018 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1668073013 |
| Author: | Tim Powers |
| Publisher: | Baen Books |
| Imprint: | Baen Books |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 13 January 2026 |
| Weight: | 472g |
| Dimensions: | 25mm x 156mm x 235mm |
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Critics Review
Praise for The Mills of the Gods:
“Powers dexterously weaves invented myth with real historical detail to create a gripping adventure. Readers are sure to be hooked.” —Publishers Weekly
“As always, Powers’s acute sense of place and time brings his haunted, sensuous Paris vividly to life. The Mills of the Gods may not introduce a lot of new territory for Powers readers, but his familiar strengths in weaving together history, folklore, and myth are as solid as ever, and Harry and Vivi are as engaging and endearing as any characters in his recent novels.” —Locus
Tim Powers
Tim Powers is a two-time World Fantasy Award winner for his novels Last Call and Declare. His novel Declare also earned him the International Horror Guild Award. On Stranger Tides, another of his novels, served as the inspiration for the Monkey Island video game series and was adapted into the film Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. His book The Anubis Gates received the Philip K. Dick Award and is recognized as a science fiction classic and a foundational work of the steampunk genre. Powers secured a second Philip K. Dick Award for his science fiction novel Dinner at Deviant’s Palace.
Many of Powers’ novels, including Last Call and Alternate Routes, fall into the “secret histories” subgenre. These novels weave supernatural and metaphysical elements into real historical events, creating unique and captivating narratives.
Powers grew up in Southern California and studied English at Cal State Fullerton. During his time there, he formed collaborations with James Blaylock and K.W. Jeter, and also became a close friend and mentee of renowned science fiction author Philip K. Dick.
A practicing Catholic, Powers believes that “Stories are more effective, and more truly represent the writer’s actual convictions, when they manifest themselves without the writer’s conscious assistance. I concern myself with my plots, but I let my subconscious worry about my themes.”
Tim Powers continues to reside in Southern California with his wife, Serena.
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