Thief''s Covenant - A Widdershin''s Adventure

Zusatztext "[T]he plot is relentless and the characters likable. . . . [A] classic adolescent journey. For teens already reading adult fantasy but wanting something a bit more on their level! this hits the spot perfectly."  — Kirkus Reviews "I wouldn't be surprised if exciting new fantasy authors were one day compared to Ari Marmell."  — Fantasy Book Critic "Marmell has a clever sense of humor."  — SF Signal “Marmell's debut YA novel is a dark! brutal fantasy set in a complex and engaging world…Widdershins is an intriguing heroine! able to handle herself on the streets! though her naïveté shows at endearing moments. Readers seeking out a strong heroine in a well-crafted fantasy world will enjoy this title and look forward to the second.” — School Library Journal   "Widdershins is not your average heroine. Adept with her blade and her wits! sassy and sensitive! she should appeal to older teens both male and female." — RT Book Reviews ! Three Stars (ENJOYABLE- Pleasant Read)   “An interesting world is created in Thief’s Convenant ! with many twisting conflicts that converge into one. …The setting is a very enjoyable city that every fantasy lover would embrace without a thought. All of the characters are lively! and everyone will love Olgun! Widdershin’s personal god.” — Sacramento Book Review/ San Francisco Book Review Informationen zum Autor Ari Marmell is a fantasy and horror writer and the author of several original novels including The Goblin Corps and three Widdershins adventures, Thief's Covenant, False Covenant, and Lost Covenant. He has also written gaming tie-in novels such as In Thunder Forged: Iron Kingdoms Chronicles and worked as an author of role-playing game materials for games such as Dungeons & Dragons and the World of Darkness line. Although born in New York, Ari has lived the vast majority of his life in Texas-first Houston (where he earned a BA in creative writing at the University of Houston) and then Austin. He lives with his wife, George; their cat; and a variety of neuroses. Visit the Widdershins page at @Madeleine.Valois, and visit Ari at Mouseferatu.com, on Facebook @Ari-Mouseferatu-Marmell, or on Twitter @Mouseferatu. Klappentext Once she was Adrienne Satti. An orphan of Davillon, she had somehow escaped destitution and climbed to the ranks of the city's aristocracy in a rags-to-riches story straight from an ancient fairy tale. Until one horrid night, when a conspiracy of forces--human and other--stole it all away in a flurry of blood and murder. Today she is Widdershins, a thief making her way through Davillon's underbelly with a sharp blade, a sharper wit, and the mystical aid of Olgun, a foreign god with no other worshippers but Widdershins herself. It's not a great life, certainly nothing compared to the one she once had, but it's hers. But now, in the midst of Davillon's political turmoil, an array of hands are once again rising up against her, prepared to tear down all that she's built. The City Guard wants her in prison. Members of her own Guild want her dead. And something horrid, something dark, something ancient is reaching out for her, a past that refuses to let her go. Widdershins and Olgun are going to find answers, and justice, for what happened to her--but only if those who almost destroyed her in those years gone by don't finish the job first. Zusammenfassung Once she was Adrienne Satti. An orphan of Davillon, she had somehow escaped destitution and climbed to the ranks of the city's aristocracy in a rags-to-riches story straight from an ancient fairy tale. Until one horrid night, when a conspiracy of forces--human and other--stole it all away in a flurry of blood and murder. Today she is Widdershins, a thief making her way through Davillon's underbelly with a sharp blade, a sharper wit, and the mystical aid of Olgun, a foreign god with n...

Product details

• Authors: Ari Marmell
• Publisher: Prometheus Books
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 13 to 17
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 08.03.2012
• EAN: 9781616145477
• ISBN: 978-1-61614-547-7
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: Widdershins Adventures; Widdershins Adventures
• Subject: Children's and young people's books