Middlegame

by Seanan McGuire · 2019

Middlegame, a Hugo‑Award finalist and Locus Award winner, follows the twins Roger and Dodger, each born with extraordinary gifts. Roger is a prodigy of language, seeing the world through story, while Dodger is a mathematical savant who perceives everything as numbers. Unaware that they are the product of an alchemical experiment by the enigmatic Reed, they share a psychic bond that lets them see through each other's eyes. As they grow, Reed pushes them toward godhood, using the twins to further his own ambitions. The narrative weaves alchemy, quantum entanglement, and the mysterious "Impossible City" into a tale of identity, agency, and the limits of power.