01846cam a2200301 i 4500 872153546 TxAuBib 20230626120000.0 230309s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2023007685 9781250805546 hardcover 1250805546 hardcover TxAuBib rda Dawson, J. R. The first bright thing / J. R. Dawson. First edition. New York : Tor Publishing Group, 2023. 336 pages ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "If you knew how dark tomorrow would be, what would you do with today? ... Rin, to those who know her best--can jump to different moments in time as easily as her wife, Odette, soars from bar to bar on the trapeze. And the circus they lead is a rare home and safe haven for magical misfits and outcasts, known as Sparks. With the world still reeling from World War I, Rin and her troupe--the Circus of the Fantasticals--travel the midwest, offering a single night of enchantment and respite to all who step into their Big Top. But threats come at Rin from all sides. The future holds an impending war that the Sparks can see barrelling toward their show and everyone in it. And Rin's past creeps closer every day, a malevolent shadow she can't fully escape. It takes the form of another circus, with tents as black as midnight and a ringmaster who rules over his troupe with a dangerous power. Rin's circus has something he wants, and he won't stop until it's his"-- Provided by publisher. 20230626. Circus Fiction. Paranormal fiction. Novels. Dawson, J. R., First edition.