![]() ![]() Polk twists the hardboiled detective subgenre into something new and fresh and enticingly queer. “Bracing as a slug of bourbon, with a twist of pain on the drop-or is that hope? Polk’s back with a cold-eyed winner.” -Max Gladstone “Readers who fell into recent Jazz Age urban fantasies.will love Polk's latest.” - Library Journal, starred review “ Even Though I Knew the End is Polk at the height of their considerable powers: romance, enchantment, tragedy, and courage to the bitter end.” -Elizabeth Bear ![]() ![]() “Powerful, emotional, stylish and smart, Polk proves themself yet again to be a talent not to be ignored.” - Locus Polk’s alternate Chicago revealing themselves exactly when required.” - BookPage, starred review “ Even Though I Knew the End rockets along from the very first page, with the details of author C.L. “This is a must-read for those who like their queer fantasy with a little grit and a lot of soul (pun intended).” - Booklist, starred review “Stylish supernatural noir with a heart and a thrumming pulse. ![]() “Noir and fantasy often seem to go together, but those two elements seldom uplift each other quite as well as they do in Even Though I Knew the End” -The Washington Post “Eerie, sharp and fiercely bittersweet.” - The New York Times An NPR Best Speculative Fiction Book of 2022! ![]()
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