02317cam a2200421 i 4500 1165063625 TxAuBib 20230711120000.0 230309s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2023007685 9781250805546 hardcover 1250805546 hardcover 9781035018208 1035018209 (OCoLC)1340645558 DLC eng rda DLC BDX YDX OCLCF RNL CNCAR VP@ GL4 OCO IUK TXSCH CGB UOK TxAuBib rda Dawson, J. R, (Omaha teaching artist), author. The first bright thing / J. R. Dawson. First edition. New York : TOR, Tor Publishing Group, [2023] ©2023. 336 pages ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "Ringmaster -- 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. 20230711. Circus Fiction. Magic Fiction. Sexual minorities Fiction. Families Fiction. Middle West Fiction. Paranormal fiction. Gay fiction. Fantasy fiction. TXKIP