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Record Nr.

UNINA9910163274003321

Titolo

Gilded Cage

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Random House

ISBN

1-5247-2299-5

Edizione

[Unabridged edition.]

Collana

Dark Gifts

Altri autori (Persone)

JamesVic

JayAvita

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Musica

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

MAGIC RULES. WE SERVE.      In a darkly fantastical debut set in modern-day Britain, magic users control everything: wealth, politics, power-and you. If you're not one of the ultimate one-percenters-the magical elite-you owe them ten years of service. Do those years when you're old, and you'll never get through them. Do them young, and you'll never get over them.     This is the darkly decadent world of  Gilded Cage . In its glittering milieu move the all-powerful Jardines and the everyday Hadleys. The families have only one thing in common: Each has three children. But their destinies entwine when one family enters the service of the other. They will all discover whether any magic is more powerful than the human spirit.      Have a quick ten years. . . .    Look for all three books in the mesmerizing Dark Gifts trilogy:   GILDED CAGE  TARNISHED CITY  BRIGHT RUIN    Praise for  Gilded Cage    "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