- Children's fiction, Fantasy fiction, Buried treasure, fiction, Magic, fiction
No one believes in them. But soon no one will forget them. It's 1889. The city is on the cusp of industry and power, and the Exposition Universelle has breathed new life into the streets and dredged up ancient secrets. Here, no one keeps tabs on dark truths better than treasure-hunter and wealthy hotelier Séverin Montagnet-Alarie. When the elite, ever-powerful Order of Babel coerces him to help them on a mission, Séverin is offered a treasure that he never imagined: his true inheritance. To hunt down the ancient artifact the Order seeks, Séverin calls upon a band of unlikely experts: An engineer with a debt to pay. A historian banished from his home. A dancer with a sinister past. And a brother in arms if not blood. Together, they will join Séverin as he explores the dark, glittering heart of Paris. What they find might change the course of history--but only if they can stay alive.
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Classical in form, grave, plot-driven and earnest.
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
- earnestironic
- contemplativerelentless
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About the book
- Author
- Roshani Chokshi
- First published
- 2019
- Pages
- 430
- Publisher
- St. Martin's Press, Arctis Verlag, Editorial Hidra
- Editions
- 12
- Language
- Spanish, English, German
- ISBN
- 9781250144560
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Roshani Chokshi is the author of commercial and critically acclaimed books for middle grade and young adult readers that draws on world mythology and folklore. Her work has been nominated for the Locus and Nebula awards, and has frequently appeared on Best of The Year lists from Barnes and Noble, Forbes, Buzzfeed and more. Her New York Times bestselling series includes *The Star-Touched Queen* duology, *The Gilded Wolves*, and *Aru Shah and The End of Time*, which was recently optioned for film by Paramount Pictures.
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