Now, in 1889, Séverin runs Paris’s illustrious L’Eden Hotel while working with a diverse crew of talented teenage rogues (a bisexual Spanish-Filipino historian, a Polish-Jewish engineer, an Indian cabaret star who can read objects’ histories) to steal Forged treasures from those who spurned him.
In 1879, Séverin Montagnet-Alarie attempted to assume his dead father’s position within the Order that protects Europe’s Babel fragment instead, the Order excommunicated him for having mixed blood. This is a book to swan-dive into, swim around in, luxuriate in.In this spellbinding series opener from Chokshi ( A Crown of Wishes), Tower of Babel shards hidden around the world radiate energy that gifted individuals can use to “Forge”-magically manipulate-mind and matter.
** Praise for The Gilded Wolves series **Ī masterpiece of imagination - Stephanie Garber, New York Times bestselling author of Caraval Praise for The Gilded Wolves: The astonishing historical fantasy heist from a New York Times bestselling author 'A gorgeously layered story, with characters that make you laugh and ache and cheer' Renee Ahdieh, New York Times bestselling author of The Wrath & the Dawn Trust me, you won't want to come out' Laini Taylor, New York Times bestselling author of Strange the Dreamer 'This is a book to swan-dive into, swim around in, luxuriate in. What they find might change the course of history - but only if they can stay alive.įrom New York Times bestselling author Roshani Chokshi comes a novel set in Paris during a time of extraordinary change - one that is full of mystery, decadence, and dangerous desires. Together they will join Severin as he explores the dark, glittering heart of Paris. To hunt down the ancient artifact the Order seeks, Severin calls upon a band of unlikely experts: an engineer with a debt to pay a historian banished from his home a dancer with a sinister past and a brother in arms if not blood. When the elite, ever-powerful Order of Babel coerces him to help them on a mission, Severin is offered a treasure that he never imagined: his true inheritance. Here, no one keeps tabs on dark truths better than treasure hunter and wealthy hotelier Severin Montagnet-Alarie.
The city is on the cusp of industry and power, and the Exposition Universelle has breathed new life into the streets and dredged up ancient secrets.
'P art political misadventure, part puzzle, and thoroughly charming, with a band of rapscallions and a string of surprises!' Holly Black, New York Times bestselling author of The Cruel Prince But soon no one will forget them.'A masterpiece of imagination' Stephanie Garber, Sunday Times bestselling author of Caraval
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