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Zusatztext The age-old battle between the Order of Ortus Aurea! who think magic can be created! and the Mageus! whose magic is innate! is intensifying; and each side is trying to collect magical tools to gain control—including the powerful text known as the Ars Arcana. Esta (Mageus)! trained as a time-traveling thief! is sent back to early twentieth-century New York to prevent the book’s destruction at the hands of a mysterious person known only as the Magician. This stripped down plot summary does no justice to the captivating and complicated story created by Maxwell. A mix of historical fiction! romance! fantasy! and magic! the well-plotted and tightly paced story moves between present day and 1901 New York! a time of gangs! tenements! turf wars! and a fascination with science and technology as a cure for society’s ills. A few historical figures make an appearance! J. P. Morgan! for example! but this is definitely Esta’s story! and she is a smart and feisty female protagonist in whom readers will delight. — Cindy Welch Informationen zum Autor Lisa Maxwell is the New York Times bestselling author of the Last Magician series and Unhooked . She's worked around words all her life and is currently a professor at a local college. She has strong opinions about pasta and a soft spot for loud music and fast cars. When she's not writing books, you can usually find her going on adventures with her husband and two amazing boys. Though she grew up in Akron, Ohio, she now calls northern Virginia home. Follow her on Instagram @LisaMaxwellYA or sign up for her newsletter to learn more about her upcoming books at Lisa-Maxwell.com. Klappentext In an alternate version of present-day Manhattan, magic is dying, and Esta, a Mageus with a talent for manipulating time, travels back to 1901 to stop the destruction of a book that can possibly restore magic, but in Old New York, Esta must navigate gangs, secret societies, and her feelings for another magician in order to save the future of magic. Zusammenfassung An instant New York Times bestseller! “Will keep you guessing until the last page.” —Cinda Williams Chima! New York Times bestselling author A girl travels back in time to find a mysterious book that could save her future in Lisa Maxwell’s “splendid series opener” ( Kirkus Reviews ). Stop the Magician. Steal the book. Save the future. In modern-day New York! magic is all but extinct. The remaining few who have an affinity for magic—the Mageus—live in the shadows! hiding who they are. Any Mageus who enters Manhattan becomes trapped by the Brink! a dark energy barrier that confines them to the island. Crossing it means losing their power—and often their lives. Esta is a talented thief! and she's been raised to steal magical artifacts from the sinister Order that created the Brink. With her innate ability to manipulate time! Esta can pilfer from the past! collecting these artifacts before the Order even realizes she’s there. And all of Esta’s training has been for one final job: traveling back to 1902 to steal an ancient book containing the secrets of the Order—and the Brink—before the Magician can destroy it and doom the Mageus to a hopeless future. But Old New York is a dangerous world ruled by ruthless gangs and secret societies! a world where the very air crackles with magic. Nothing is as it seems! including the Magician himself. And for Esta to save her future! she may have to betray everyone in the past. ...
