Tread of Angels

Celeste, a card sharp with a need for justice, takes on the role of advocatus diaboli, to defend her sister Mariel, accused of murdering a Virtue, a member of the ruling class of this mining town, in an “intricate…engrossing” (The Washington Post) new world of dark fantasy from the New York Times bestselling author of Black Sun, Rebecca Roanhorse.

The year is 1883 and the mining town of Goetia is booming as prospectors from near and far come to mine the powerful new element Divinity from the high mountains of Colorado with the help of the pariahs of society known as the Fallen. The Fallen are the descendants of demonkind living amongst the Virtues, the winners in an ancient war, with the descendants of both sides choosing to live alongside Abaddon’s mountain in this tale of the mythological West from the bestselling mastermind Rebecca Roanhorse.

About the author

Rebecca Roanhorse is the New York Times bestselling author of The Sixth World series and the Between Earth and Sky trilogy. She has won multiple awards for her fiction including the Nebula, Hugo, and Locus Awards. She has also written for Marvel and Lucasfilm, and for hit TV series including A Murder At the End of the World and Echo. She lives in New Mexico with her family.

Product details

• Authors: Rebecca Roanhorse, Rebecca Roanhorse
• Publisher: Harper Collins
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.05.2023
• EAN: 9781982166199
• ISBN: 978-1-9821-6619-9
• No. of pages: 208
• Dimensions: 127 mm x 180 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 136 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Science fiction, fantasy; Fantasy, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Historical, Historical mysteries, FICTION / Fantasy / Historical, Historical fantasy, Relating to indigenous peoples, Historical crime and mysteries, FICTION / Indigenous / General