Gilded Cage

Zusatztext “Beautifully characterised and compellingly plotted! Gilded Cage is an impressive debut.” — The Guardian “Exquisitely wicked . . . a lavishly opulent! yet brutally vivid! alternate England which subtly questions modern beliefs . . . If ever there was a speculative fiction book that captured the zeitgeist of an era this is it.” — SFFWorld “An alternate modern-day England where enticing drama and social unrest mix with aristocratic scandal and glamorous magic . . . conjuring up the specters of Les Misérables and Downton Abbey . . . an absorbing first installment that presages an intriguing new fantasy series.” — Kirkus Reviews “ Gilded Cag e is a heart-pounding combination of dark magic! political revolution! and forbidden romance that had me addicted from the first page!” —Danielle L. Jensen! USA Today bestselling author of The Malediction Trilogy “Devious and deliciously dark with lashings of magic! mystery! and mayhem! this juggernaut of a book will keep you hanging on by your fingernails until the very last page.” —Taran Matharu! New York Times bestselling author of the Summoner series “A dark and intriguing vision of an alternate! magic-drenched Britain! Gilded Cage kept me up long into the night.” —Aliette de Bodard! author of The House of Shattered Wings “Brisk plotting! sympathetic characters! and plenty of intrigue will keep readers on the edges of their seats! eager for the next book in a very promising series.” — Publishers Weekly  (starred review) Informationen zum Autor Vic James is a current-affairs TV director who loves stories in all their forms. Her programs for BBC1 have covered the 2016 U.S. presidential election and Britain’s EU referendum. She has twice judged The Guardian ’s Not the Booker Prize.  Gilded Cage is her first novel! and an early draft of it won a major online award from Wattpad for most-talked-about fantasy. She has lived in Rome and Tokyo! and currently lives in London. One It was an unusually hot weekend in mid-­June and sweat pooled along Luke Hadley’s spine as he lay on his stomach on a blanket in the front yard. He was staring blankly at a spread of textbooks. The screaming was distracting, and had been going on for a while now. If it had been Abigail trying to revise, Daisy and her pals would never have been allowed to make such a racket. But Mum had inexplicably gone into overdrive for Daisy’s birthday, which had turned into the party of the century. Luke’s little sis and her friends were careering round behind the house shrieking at the tops of their voices, while some unforgivably awful C-­pop boyband blared through the living room window. Luke stuffed his earbuds in as deep as they’d go without rupturing anything, and turned up the volume on his own music. It didn’t work. The catchy beat of “Happy Panda” was backed by the delirious vocals of ten-­year-­old girls massacring the Chinese language. Moaning, he let his face fall forward onto the books spread out on the grass in front of him. He knew who he’d be blaming when he failed History and Citizenship. Beside him, her own exams long since completed, Abi was lost in one of her favorite trashy novels. Luke gave it the side-­eye and cringed at the title: Her Master’s Slave. She was nearly finished, and had another pastel-­covered horror lined up. The Heir’s Temptation. How someone as smart as his big sister could read such rubbish was beyond him. Still, at least it kept her distracted. Uncharacteristically, Abi hadn’t nagged him once about revision, even though this term’s tests were the most important until he finished school in two years’ time. He turned back to the mock exam paper. The words swam before his eyes. Describe the Equal Revolution of 1642 and explain how ...

Product details

• Authors: Vic James
• Publisher: Random House USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.02.2017
• EAN: 9780425284155
• ISBN: 978-0-425-28415-5
• Series: The Dark Gifts Trilogy; Dark Gifts; The Dark Gifts Trilogy; Dark Gifts
• Subject: Fiction > Science fiction, fantasy