Reading Recommendation: The Alchemy of Stone by Ekaterina Sedia

At World Fantasy, they give you a ton of books.  I had brought one with me (Ken Scholes' Canticle) which I finished there.  I also bought a new book,The Alchemy of Stone[image error] Ekaterina Sedia's "The Alchemy of Stone." Besides an art book (and art) by John Picacio, and a collection by my friend Tobias Buckell, that's all I bought (Oh, and some jewelry by Willow).  I just finished The Alchemy of Stone.

I found it beautifully written, and slightly disturbing...