Book summary

The residents of Galveston, Texas, have maintained an isolationist stance against the tide of magic that swept through the nation in the early years of the 2000s. Slowly, though, they find that, as they are forced to interact more with the outside world, magic is able to make inroads into their community and change their lives forever. Co-winner on the 2000 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel.

Media reviews

"GALVESTON spins toward an energetic and satisfying payoff, with plenty of crashing chords and sputtering comeuppances, but it's only one of a whole series of such satisfying moments in the novel, which may come closer to pure operatic melodrama than anything Stewart has written, but which also has more things actually happening in it than anything he's done to date. It easily cements his growing reputation as one of the field's young writers most worth watching, and most able to deliver."