Inventive worldbuilding, and a sophisticated plot that will dazzle readers.” “Dabos’s darkly enchanting debut, a French bestseller, employs vibrant characters, » Read an excerpt from A Winter’s Promise (PDF). There, in the company 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. Ophelia must follow her fiancé to the towering city of Citaceleste, where nobody can be trusted. Her peaceful existence on the ark of Anima is interrupted when she is promised in marriage to Thorn, a taciturn and influential member of a powerful clan from a distant ark, the cold and icy Pole. Ophelia, a mix of awkward misfit and misunderstood genius, possesses two special gifts: an unrivaled talent for reading the past of objects and the ability to travel through mirrors. A Winter’s Promise, the first installment in the Mirror Visitor Quartet, introduces readers to a remarkable heroine and to the richly imagined universe of the arks: floating celestial islands governed by the spirits of immortal ancestors. Lose yourself in the world of the arks and in the company of an unforgettable character in this French runaway hit by debut author Christelle Dabos. Would be able to correctly read the words "The Joy of Visual Perception.For readers of all ages, A Winter’s Promise is a fantastical story of intrigue and suspense that is becoming a worldwide cult phenomenon. If I was, in fact, facing you, i.e., not reflected fromĪ mirror, the word "The" would be on your left side and you
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