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Zusatztext 89916155 Informationen zum Autor Christelle Dabos was born on the Côte d'Azur in 1980 and grew up in a home filled with classical music and historical games. She now lives in Belgium. The Mirror Visitor , her debut series, won the Gallimard Jeunesse-RTL-Télérama First Novel Competition. Since graduating in French from Oxford University, Hildegarde Serle has worked in London as a newspaper subeditor, mainly on The Independent and The Sunday Telegraph . In 2011, she decided to combine her love of both English and French by doing the Chartered Institute of Linguists Diploma in Translation. Although she still lives in London, her heart still lives on the Quai aux Fleurs in Paris. Klappentext Long ago, following a cataclysm called "The Tear," the world was shattered into many floating celestial islands. Known now as Arks, each has developed in distinct ways and at a different pace; each seems to possess its own unique relationship to time, such that nowadays vastly different worlds exist, together but apart. And over all of these Arks the spirit of an omnipotent and immortal ancestor abides.Ophelia lives on Anima, an ark where objects have souls. Beneath her worn scarf and thick glasses, Ophelia hides two powers: the ability to extract the souls from objects, and the ability to travel through mirrors. Her peaceful existence on the Ark of Anima is disrupted when she is promised in marriage to Thorn, from the powerful Dragon clan. The young girl must leave her family and follow her fiancé to the Citacielle, the floating capital on the distant Ark of the Pole. Why has she been chosen? Why must she hide her true identity? Though she doesn't know it yet, she has become a pawn in a deadly plot. An unforgettable heroine, a rich and bountiful universe, romance and inescapable intrigue, A Winter's Promise will appeal equally to readers of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials Trilogy and the Harry Potter books. Zusammenfassung Amazon Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy Book of 2018 One of Entertainment Weekly 's 10 Best YA Books of 2018 One of Publishers Weekly 's Best YA Book of the Year A National Indie Bestseller Longlisted for Irish YA prize Great Reads Award Lose yourself in the fantastic world of the arks and in the company of unforgettable characters in this French runaway hit! Christelle Dabos' The Mirror Visitor quartet. Plain-spoken! headstrong Ophelia cares little about appearances. Her ability to read the past of objects is unmatched in all of Anima and! what's more! she possesses the ability to travel through mirrors! a skill passed down to her from previous generations. Her idyllic life is disrupted! however! when she is promised in marriage to Thorn! a taciturn and influential member of a distant clan. Ophelia must leave all she knows behind and follow her fiancé to Citaceleste! the capital of a cold! icy ark known as the Pole! where danger lurks around every corner and nobody can be trusted. There! in the presence of her inscrutable future husband! Ophelia slowly realizes that she is a pawn in a political game that will have far-reaching ramifications not only for her but for her entire world. The World of the Arks Long ago! following a cataclysm called the Rupture! the world was shattered into many floating celestial islands! now known as arks. Over each! the spirit of an omnipotent and immortal ancestor abides. The inhabitants of these arks each possess a unique power. Ophelia! with her ability to read the pasts of objects! must navigate this fantastic! disjointed! perilous world using her trademark tenacity and quiet strength. An unforgettable heroine! a rich and bountiful universe! intrigue and suspense: A Winter's Promise is perfect for readers of Margaret Rogerson's An Enchantment of Ravens ! Melissa Albert's The Hazel Wood ! V.E. Schwab's "Shades of Magic" series! To...
