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Informationen zum Autor Laure Eve is the author of critically acclaimed fantasy duologies The Graces and The Curses , and Fearsome Dreamer and The Illusionists . A British-French hybrid, she was born in Paris and grew up in Cornwall, a land suffused with myth and legend. She speaks English and French, and can hold a vague conversation, usually about food, in Greek. She is very English about comedy and very French about cheese. Selling comic books in foreign languages, loosing a variety of blood-curdling screams into a recording booth and striking odd poses as an artist's model are just some of the things she has done for a living. Klappentext The godchildren are rising: Bladerunner meets Camelot in a riveting neo-noir thriller drenched in power and betrayal. Vorwort The godchildren are rising: Bladerunner meets Camelot in a riveting neo-noir thriller drenched in power and betrayal. Zusammenfassung ' A riveting tragedy of blood and desire . A masterwork of urban fantasy - and the coolest thing you'll read this year' - SAMANTHA SHANNON on Blackheart Knights 'A brilliant, bloody wild ride' - JAY KRISTOFF on Blackheart Knights A half-drowned stranger turns up at the door of Garad Gaheris, retired King's Champion, with a hell of a story to tell. The ex-knight may have uncovered a conspiracy involving the very highest echelons of London's elite. Current King's Champion Si Wyll, a master illusionist, still reeling from the betrayal of his lover and the death of his mentor, is poised to become the most dangerous man in London. Then a figure from his past surfaces, determined to blackmail him into a plot to change the balance of power for good. And the city's godchildren, those born with illegal magical abilities, have had enough of being put down - but who must die to ensure their ascension?
