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Strange New World

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Vivian Shaw knocks it out of the park yet again. If you aren't reading Dr Greta Helsing, you're missing out. T. Kingfisher, New York Times bestselling author Strange New World finds Greta Helsing, doctor to the undead, facing the strangest challenge of her career... accompanying an... Read More
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The spectacular conclusion to the Dr Greta Helsing series - prepare to be swept off your feet by this novel of mystery, medicine and arcane magic.

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Vivian Shaw knocks it out of the park yet again. If you aren't reading Dr Greta Helsing, you're missing out.

T. Kingfisher, New York Times bestselling author

Strange New World finds Greta Helsing, doctor to the undead, facing the strangest challenge of her career... accompanying an anxious angel and a sullen demon on a road trip across America in the clever conclusion to this delightful fantasy series.

After narrowly avoiding the end of the world, the leaders of Heaven and Hell are struggling to collaborate according to the terms of their new treaty - especially because angels and demons are, quite literally, allergic to each other. Seeking a solution, the powers that be decide to see if the allergy persists on Earth by sending an angel and demon on a research trip, first stop: New York City. And what better chaperone than Dr Greta Helsing, who happens to owe Hell a few favours of her own?

But there's unrest in New York's monster underworld and Greta and her team are about to land in the middle of it. Something is off in Heaven and on Earth, and Greta will have to figure out just what that is if she hopes to protect those she loves most.

Praise for the series:

Deeply compassionate and endlessly surprising, this series will steal your heart. Grace D. Li, New York Times bestselling author

A playfully witty confection. Publishers Weekly

There are as few heroines as well written and compelling as Greta Helsing. BookPage

An exceptional and delightful debut, in the tradition of Good Omens and A Night in the Lonesome October. Elizabeth Bear, Hugo-award winning author

Shaw balances an agile mystery with a pitch-perfect, droll narrative and cast of lovable misfit characters... Strange Practice is a super(natural) read. Shelf Awareness

A book to settle into. A warm quilt of a thing that's made for curling up with... I miss this newest Helsing already. NPR

Series: Dr Greta Helsing

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    This book is a joy to read, unlocking every bit of delicious promise in the premise B&N Sci-Fi & Fantasy Blog on Strange Practice When Greta Helsing, doctor to the undead, is called to Paris to present at a medical conference, she expects nothing more exciting than professional discourse on zombie reconstructive surgery. Unfortunately for Greta, Paris happens to be...
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  • Strange New World
    Vivian Shaw knocks it out of the park yet again. If you aren't reading Dr Greta Helsing, you're missing out. T. Kingfisher, New York Times bestselling author Strange New World finds Greta Helsing, doctor to the undead, facing the strangest challenge of her career... accompanying an anxious angel and a sullen demon on a road trip across America in the...
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  • Strange Practice
    Meet Greta Helsing, fast-talking doctor to the undead. Keeping the supernatural community not-alive and well in London has been her family's speciality for generations. After inheriting a highly specialisedβ€”and highly peculiarβ€”medical practice, Dr Helsing spends her days treating the undead for a host of ills: vocal strain in banshees, arthritis in barrow-wights and entropy in mummies. Although barely making ends...
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  • Grave Importance
    This book is a joy to read, unlocking every bit of delicious promise in the premise B&N Sci-Fi & Fantasy Blog on Strange Practice Meet Greta Helsing, doctor to the undead. In the hills above Marseille, Oasis Natrun is a highly secret health spa for mummies, equipped with the very latest therapeutic innovations, both magical and medical. To Dr Greta...
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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780356521077

Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 20 May 2025

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Orbit

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 32.0mm

Width: 124.0mm

Height: 196.0mm

Weight: 284g

Pages: 416

About the Author

Vivian Shaw was born in Kenya and spent her early childhood at home in England before relocating to the US at the age of seven. She has a BA in art history and an MFA in creative writing, and has worked in academic publishing and development while researching everything from the history of spaceflight to supernatural physiology. In her spare time, she writes fan fiction under the name of Coldhope.

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  • Dreadful Company
    This book is a joy to read, unlocking every bit of delicious promise in the premise B&N Sci-Fi & Fantasy Blog on Strange Practice When Greta Helsing, doctor to the undead, is called to Paris to present at a medical conference, she expects nothing more exciting than professional discourse on zombie reconstructive surgery. Unfortunately for Greta, Paris happens to be...
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  • Strange Practice
    Meet Greta Helsing, fast-talking doctor to the undead. Keeping the supernatural community not-alive and well in London has been her family's speciality for generations. After inheriting a highly specialisedβ€”and highly peculiarβ€”medical practice, Dr Helsing spends her days treating the undead for a host of ills: vocal strain in banshees, arthritis in barrow-wights and entropy in mummies. Although barely making ends...
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    Sold Out
  • Grave Importance
    This book is a joy to read, unlocking every bit of delicious promise in the premise B&N Sci-Fi & Fantasy Blog on Strange Practice Meet Greta Helsing, doctor to the undead. In the hills above Marseille, Oasis Natrun is a highly secret health spa for mummies, equipped with the very latest therapeutic innovations, both magical and medical. To Dr Greta...
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