Description: "Speculative fiction and historical fiction are closer cousins than one might think, and alternate-history novels can give enterprising writers the chance to work in both genres at once. Fans of such stories will be richly entertained by the lavish world-building and breakneck plotting of Natasha Pulley''s The Kingdoms ...Beautiful, surreal imagery appears throughout the novel, too...Clear a weekend if you can, and let yourself be absorbed." - The New York Times Book Review "Natasha Pulley poses such a beguiling set of questions at the opening of The Kingdoms that even readers who are resistant to speculative fiction will barrel forward to discover the answers... The Kingdoms is interested not only in the adventure of its historical and imaginative plot, but also in what it would actually feel like to slip out of time...Thoughtful, inventive, and moody...an insightful meditation on how a sense of oneself can be lost - and found." - USA Today "Pulley''s latest genre-bending feat (after The Lost Future of Pepperharrow ) masterfully combines history, speculative fiction, queer romance, and more into an unputdownable whole. . . This is a stunner." - Publishers Weekly, starred review "As scenes spiral back and forth between centuries, the book''s emotional center crystallizes around a fundamental mystery: Who, in fact, is Joe? All time-travel plots are fraught with paradox, but not all rise to Pulley''s level of tricky cleverness, and few of those trickily clever books rise to her level of emotional intensity. Suspenseful, philosophical, and inventive, this sparkling novel explores the power of memory and love." - Kirkus Reviews, starred review "Natasha Pulley''s The Kingdoms is an intricate plot, for sure, but you get swept up in the narrative. If this sounds like the type of book you''re drawn to -- epic! time travel! history! -- you know who you are." - Alma "Natasha Pulley has an uncanny ability to make me feel some kind of way about the concept of time. Honestly, I''d be mad if I didn''t love it so much. The interplay of time and memory in her newest novel, The Kingdoms , wows to astounding and gut-wrenching effect. Truly it has everything: alternate history, naval warfare, a yearning-filled love story, and temporally displaced tortoises. I did yell out loud alone in my apartment as I neared the end, which is about as glowing an endorsement as I can give. Please read this and then everything else she''s ever written so next time we can yell together." - Sarah Reif, Powell''s Books, Buzzfeed''s 58 Great Books To Read This Summer, Recommended By Our Favorite Indie Booksellers " The Kingdoms contains multitudes: it is a love story, a seafaring war novel, a time-travel mystery, an alternative history tale, and more. And while each description in the previous sentence is accurate, each description fails to capture all that the book encompasses...the book is as much about trauma as it is about love, and Pulley doesn''t flinch away from showing how the impacts of trauma reverberate throughout history." - Tor.com "Pulley''s prose feels ethereal even as it sizzles with dry humour. Pieces of the story take place at multiple places and times, and Pulley paints every single one of those settings with utmost veracity and vividness. Every single aspect of this book was indeed sheer perfection to me, but the romance at the core of the story--that blossomed even amidst all the uncertainty and carnage and hopelessness of war--really was the most beautiful thing about this book." - Nerd Daily "Pulley balances the topsy-turvy nature of time travel by grounding her story in tidbits of naval history and a gradually unfolding queer love story." - BookPage "This riveting story keeps the reader hoping that Joe can rebuild his family in the best time line." - Booklist "I loved it." - Crimereads'' Most Anticipated Books of Summer "Pulley successfully tackles time travel with both humor and fine detail...Exploring time, chance, identity, love of all manners, loss and destiny, this is a novel in which to immerse yourself. At heart a love story, a sweeping and strange romance, it is also a grand adventure and a writerly feat of achievement." - Bookreporter "Pulley, a Brit, has clearly done her homework. The research undergirding The Kingdoms is evident, as is her thrill at devising ''what if'' scenarios to reimagine well-known periods in history. The descriptions of important events--which range from claustrophobic to expansive--are atmospheric and in tune with the location of the moment... The Kingdoms is a complicated tale with plenre-bending feat (after The Lost Future of Pepperharrow ) masterfully combines history, speculative fiction, queer romance, and more into an unputdownable whole. . . This is a stunner." - Publishers Weekly, starred review "As scenes spiral back and forth between centuries, the book''s emotional center crystallizes around a fundamental mystery: Who, in fact, is Joe? All time-travel plots are fraught with paradox, but not all rise to Pulley''s level of tricky cleverness, and few of those trickily clever books rise to her level of emotional intensity. Suspenseful, philosophical, and inventive, this sparkling novel explores the power of memory and love." - Kirkus Reviews, starred review "Natasha Pulley''s The Kingdoms is an intricate plot, for sure, but you get swept up in the narrative. If this sounds like the type of book you''re drawn to -- epic! time travel! history! -- you know who you are." - Alma "Natasha Pulley has an uncanny ability to make me feel some kind of way about the concept of time. Honestly, I''d be mad if I didn''t love it so much. The interplay of time and memory in her newest novel, The Kingdoms , wows to astounding and gut-wrenching effect. Truly it has everything: alternate history, naval warfare, a yearning-filled love story, and temporally displaced tortoises. I did yell out loud alone in my apartment as I neared the end, which is about as glowing an endorsement as I can give. Please read this and then everything else she''s ever written so next time we can yell together." - Sarah Reif, Powell''s Books, Buzzfeed''s 58 Great Books To Read This Summer, Recommended By Our Favorite Indie Booksellers " The Kingdoms contains multitudes: it is a love story, a seafaring war novel, a time-travel mystery, an alternative history tale, and more. And while each description in the previous sentence is accurate, each description fails to capture all that the book encompasses...the book is as much about trauma as it is about love, and Pulley doesn''t flinch away from showing how the impacts of trauma reverberate throughout history." - Tor.com "Pulley''s prose feels ethereal even as it sizzles with dry humour. Pieces of the story take place at multiple places and times, and Pulley paints every single one of those settings with utmost veracity and vividness. Every single aspect of this book was indeed sheer perfection to me, but the romance at the core of the story--that blossomed even amidst all the uncertainty and carnage and hopelessness of war--really was the most beautiful thing about this book." - Nerd Daily "Pulley balances the topsy-turvy nature of time travel by grounding her story in tidbits of naval history and a gradually unfolding queer love story." - BookPage "This riveting story keeps the reader hoping that Joe can rebuild his family in the best time line." - Booklist "I loved it." - Crimereads'' Most Anticipated Books of Summer "Pulley successfully tackles time travel with both humor and fine detail...Exploring time, chance, identity, love of all manners, loss and destiny, this is a novel in which to immerse yourself. At heart a love story, a sweeping and strange romance, it is also a grand adventure and a writerly feat of achievement." - Bookreporter "Pulley, a Brit, has clearly done her homework. The research undergirding The Kingdoms is evident, as is her thrill at devising ''what if'' scenarios to reimagine well-known periods in history. The descriptions of important events--which range from claustrophobic to expansive--are atmospheric and in tune with the location of the moment... The Kingdoms is a complicated tale with plekind of way about the concept of time. Honestly, I''d be mad if I didn''t love it so much. The interplay of time and memory in her newest novel, The Kingdoms , wows to astounding and gut-wrenching effect. Truly it has everything: alternate history, naval warfare, a yearning-filled love story, and temporally displaced tortoises. I did yell out loud alone in my apartment as I neared the end, which is about as glowing an endorsement as I can give. Please read this and then everything else she''s ever written so next time we can yell together." - Sarah Reif, Powell''s Books, Buzzfeed''s 58 Great Books To Read This Summer, Recommended By Our Favorite Indie Booksellers " The Kingdoms contains multitudes: it is a love story, a seafaring war novel, a time-travel mystery, an alternative history tale, and more. And while each description in the previous sentence is accurate, each description fails to capture all that the book encompasses...the book is as much about trauma as it is about love, and Pulley doesn''t flinch away from showing how the impacts of trauma reverberate throughout history." - Tor.com "Pulley''s prose feels ethereal even as it sizzles with dry humour. Pieces of the story take

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