Left to her own devices, Ginger has to find out how the Germans are targeting the Spirit Corps and stop them. Even worse, it is clear that the Spirit Corps is now being directly targeted by the German war effort. Without the presence of her fiancé to validate her findings, the top brass thinks she's just imagining things. While Ben is away at the front, Ginger discovers the presence of a traitor. Ginger and her fellow mediums contribute a great deal to the war efforts, so long as they pass the information through appropriate channels. Ginger is a medium for the Spirit Corps, a special Spiritualist force.Įach soldier heading for the front is conditioned to report to the mediums of the Spirit Corps when they die so the Corps can pass instant information about troop movements to military intelligence. After signing a six-figure deal with Tor Books, author Mary Robinette Kowal will expand to her Lady Astronaut series over the next several years with two new novels, The Relentless Moon and. Ginger Stuyvesant, an American heiress living in London during World War I, is engaged to Captain Benjamin Harford, an intelligence officer. Ghost Talkers is a brilliant historical fantasy novel from acclaimed author Mary Robinette Kowal featuring the mysterious spirit corps and their heroic work in World War I. Her short fiction appears in Uncanny, Tor.com, and Asimov’s. She is part of the award-winning podcast Writing Excuses and a four-time Hugo Award winner. “Powerful, laden with emotion, and smartly written.” -Brandon Sanderson, author of Mistborn and The Way of Kings Mary Robinette Kowal is the author of The Spare Man, Ghost Talkers, The Glamourist Historie s series, and the Lady Astronaut Universe.

Ghost Talkers by Mary Robinette Kowal