When she returns to the spot again, she finds the door burnt down.
Though the encounter is brief, the girl is completely enamored. The book tells of a young woman from the South who meets a young man who comes through a mysterious door. When January finds a special book in the chest, The Ten Thousand Doors, she is more than intrigued. When she was younger, she was friends with Samuel Zappia, the grocer's boy, but as she grew older the contact between them fizzled out. January's only companions are Jane, an African mystery woman sent by Julian to be her companion and protector, and Bad, short for Sinbad, her loyal dog. She becomes concerned when he fails to return from his most recent trip. January often explores the artifacts kept throughout the mansion, convinced her father-who is distant even when he is home from hunting special artifacts for Locke-is leaving items for her in a chest, in order to communicate with her.
Locke entertains his fellows from the New England Archeological Society, and these men treat January as a curiosity, sometimes making her feel vaguely threatened. Her guardian convinces her it was only her imagination, and determines to raise her to be a "proper" lady. When she was seven, January discovered a magic door, which was then destroyed. What may seem to be a privileged existence is marred by the strict rules imposed on the red-skinned girl, the meager living quarters assigned to her, and the fact that her father, Julian, who works for Locke, is almost never around. It is the Hugo Award-nominated writer's debut novel.Īt the beginning of the 20th century, January Scaller lives in a big mansion with her guardian, Cornelius Locke. The Ten Thousand Doors of January is a 2019 fantasy novel by Alix E.
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