Daniel José Older

“Shadowhouse Fall (The Shadowshaper Cypher, Book 2)” (2017)

The stunning sequel to the New York Times bestseller Shadowshaper is daring, dazzling, defiant."A magical revolution on the page." -- Leigh Bardugo"[Older] leaves us openmouthed and speechless, asking "What just happened to me?!" -- Jacqueline WoodsonSierra and her friends love their new lives as shadowshapers, making art and creating change with the spirits of Brooklyn. Then Sierra receives a strange card depicting a beast called the Hound of Light -- an image from the enigmatic, influential Deck of Worlds. The shadowshapers know their next battle has arrived.Thrust into an ancient struggle with enemies old and new, Sierra and Shadowhouse are determined to win. Revolution is brewing in the real world as well, as the shadowshapers lead the fight against systems that oppress their community. To protect her family and friends in every sphere, Sierra must take down the Hound and master the Deck of Worlds . . . or risk losing them all.

“Salsa Nocturna: A Bone Street Rumba Collection” (2017)

FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF SHADOWSHAPER A 300 year-old story collector enlists the help of the computer hacker next door to save her dying sister. A half-resurrected cleanup man for Death’s sprawling bureaucracy faces a phantom pachyderm, doll-collecting sorceresses and his own ghoulish bosses. Gordo, the old Cubano that watches over the graveyards and sleeping children of Brooklyn, stirs and lights another Malagueña. Down the midnight streets of New York, a whole invisible universe churns to life in this collection of Bone Street Rumba tales. Chronologically, these stories come between Midnight Taxi Tango and Battle Hill Bolero. This deluxe edition includes two new stories that weren’t in the original, one previously unpublished, and a new introduction by the author. “SALSA NOCTURNA [is a] wonderful book of noir ghost stories. Fresh, smart, and just excellent…It’s funny and wise and keeps you turning pages and the prose is truly fresh.” –John Green #1 New York Times Bestselling Author of The Fault in Our Stars “Simply put, Daniel José Older has one of the most refreshing voices in genre fiction today.” –Saladin Ahmed Author of Throne of the Crescent Moon “There is such musicality and electricity in Daniel José Older’s Salsa Nocturna. His stories might best be characterized as ghost noir, set in the streets of New York, featuring the world we know and one just beyond our imagining.” –The Nation

“Shadowshaper” (2015)