Tarnished City (Dark Gifts)

Author: James, Vic

Number Of Pages: 416

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MAGIC COMPELS. WE BLEED. The captivating dystopian trilogy that began with Gilded Cage continues. In a modern Britain where magic users control wealth, politics—and you—an uprising has been crushed. In its aftermath, two families will determine the country’s fate. The ruthless Jardines make a play for ultimate power. And the Hadleys, once an ordinary family, must find the extraordinary strength to fight back. Abi Hadley is a fugitive. Her brother, Luke, a prisoner. Both will discover that in the darkest places, the human spirit shines brightest. Meanwhile, amid his family’s intrigues, Silyen Jardine dreams of forgotten powers from an earlier age.  As blood runs in the streets of London, all three will discover whether love and courage can ever be stronger than tyranny.  How do you choose when you can’t save everyone? Look for all three books in the mesmerizing Dark Gifts trilogy: GILDED CAGE • TARNISHED CITY • BRIGHT RUIN Praise for Tarnished City “Highly recommended . . . There’s an admirable level of world-building . . . with real moments of empathy and compassion [and] a true nail-biter of a cliffhanger ending.” —Fantasy Literature “Multifaceted complexity . . . lively, determined characters.” —Publishers Weekly

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“Highly recommended . . . There’s an admirable level of world-building . . . with real moments of empathy and compassion [and] a true nail-biter of a cliffhanger ending.” —Fantasy Literature

“Multifaceted complexity . . . lively, determined characters.” —Publishers Weekly

About the Author:

Vic James is the author of  Gilded Cage, which was shortlisted for the Compton Crook award and was a World Book Night 2018 pick, and its sequels  Tarnished City and  Bright Ruin. A current-affairs TV director who loves stories in all their forms, she has covered the 2016 U.S. presidential election and Britain’s EU referendum for BBC1 and has twice judged  The Guardian’s Not the Booker Prize. She has lived in Rome and Tokyo, and currently lives in London. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. One They came for Luke that night. At that morning’s farce of a trial, Luke had been found guilty of a crime he couldn’t remember but was certain he hadn’t committed. Then Gavar Jardine had dragged him from Kyneston’s East Wing. He’d slung him in here, a small chamber beneath the kitchens. It was stone-­walled, chilly, and unlit. Groping around in the darkness had identified only a thick wooden counter and some empty barrels. The air had a musty sourness that seeped into your skin. Kyneston wasn’t the sort of place to have dungeons, and besides, the Jardines didn’t need to lock people up to restrain them. So this must be part of the wine cellars. Which meant that close by, life was going on as normal. And Kyneston was still full of hundreds of Equals. So much had happened since the ball where Chancellor Zelston had died: the East Wing’s annihilation and restoration, his own trial, Crovan’s Skillful fight with Jackson and its catastrophic end. The Equals would doubtless linger at the Jardine estate to pick over it all. Slaves would be up and down to the kitchens and cellars regularly, too. One of them would have keys to this room. Or could get word to Abi, who could surely find some. So Luke had spent the next few hours banging on the door to attract attention. When his fists became sore, he kicked it instead—­though he knew better than to imagine he might kick it down. He shouted until he was hoarse, then rested his voice and redoubled his pummeling, before shouting some more. But not even this physical commotion was as exhausting as the confusion in his brain. In whatever direction Luke turned his thoughts, he ran into the same dead ends of incomprehension and ignorance. Someone had killed Zelston, and it had to be Luke himself. But only the deed was his. Not the intention. Doc Jackson had defended him. Yet Jackson was an aristocrat, an Equal, and so had ...

EAN: 9780425284124

Release Date: 06-02-2018

Languages: English

Item Note: Good shape with typical wear. Has a remainder mark. Hardcover Used - Very Good Ships fast! 2018

Item Condition: UsedVeryGood

Binding: Hardcover