About this book
New York Times bestselling and Alex, Nebula, and Hugo-Award-winning author Seanan McGuire introduces readers to a world of amoral alchemy, shadowy organizations, and impossible cities in the standalone fantasy, Middlegame. Read the first five chapters free! Meet Roger. Skilled with words, languages come easily to him. He instinctively understands how the world works through the power of story. Meet Dodger, his twin. Numbers are her world, her obsession, her everything. All she understands, she does so through the power of math. Roger and Dodger aren’t exactly human, though they don’t realize it. They aren’t exactly gods, either. Not entirely. Not yet. Meet Reed, skilled in the alchemical arts like his progenitor before him. Reed created Dodger and her brother. He’s not their father. Not quite. But he has a plan: to raise the twins to the highest power, to ascend with them and claim their authority as his own. Godhood is attainable. Pray it isn’t attained. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Censorship history
In 2024, "Middlegame" by Seanan McGuire was banned at the school level in several districts across the United States due to its LGBTQ+ content and depictions of violence. Notably, the book faced challenges during school board meetings in states like Texas and Florida, where parents and advocacy groups raised formal complaints against its inclusion in school curricula. As a result of these challenges, some school districts upheld the bans, while others are still in the process of reviewing the book's status.
Bans
| Country | Year | Reasons |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2024 | LGBTQ+Violence |
