Give the Dark My Love
(Sprache: Englisch)
Seventeen-year-old Nedra Brysstain leaves her home in the northern part of Lunar Island to attend the prestigious Yugen Academy with only one goal in mind: master the trade of medicinal alchemy. A deadly plague has been sweeping through the North. With her...
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Seventeen-year-old Nedra Brysstain leaves her home in the northern part of Lunar Island to attend the prestigious Yugen Academy with only one goal in mind: master the trade of medicinal alchemy. A deadly plague has been sweeping through the North. With her family's life on the line, Nedra becomes desperate to find a cure. Soon, she finds herself diving into alchemy's most dangerous corners.
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A young alchemist turns to dark magic when a deadly plague sweeps through her homeland in this epic fantasy from New York Times bestselling author Beth Revis.Seventeen-year-old Nedra Brysstain leaves her home in the rural, northern territories of Lunar Island to attend the prestigious Yugen Academy with only one goal in mind: master the trade of medicinal alchemy. A scholarship student matriculating with the children of Lunar Island's wealthiest and most powerful families, Nedra doesn't quite fit in with the other kids at Yugen.
Until she meets Greggori "Grey" Astor. Grey is immediately taken by the brilliant and stubborn Nedra, who he notices is especially invested in her studies. And that's for a good reason: a deadly plague has been sweeping through the north, and it's making its way toward the cities. With her family's life--and the lives of all of Lunar Island's citizens--on the line, Nedra is determined to find a cure for the plague.
Grey and Nedra grow close, but as the sickness spreads and the body count rises, Nedra becomes desperate to find a cure. Soon, she finds herself diving into alchemy's most dangerous corners--and when she turns to the most forbidden practice of all, necromancy, even Grey might not be able to pull her from the darkness.
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This excerpt is from an advance uncorrected copy proofCopyright © 2018 Beth Revis
PROLOGUE
The warship carried twenty good men and two cannons.
"Bit of an overkill, isn't it?" Captain Pasker said. The sun was to his back, casting a long, imposing shadow over the deck.
Captain Pasker was from the mainland; his ship had accompanied the Emperor on the short voyage across the Azure Sea to the small province of Lunar Island. Pasker had been in three wars already, "skirmishes," he called them, bloody little inconveniences that were necessary to remind the people of the might of the Emperor.
The sailor beside him was a local boy, a new conscript. He'd been raised with the old legends.
He wasn't sure that one warship was enough.
The sleek, red-lacquered vessel cut through the bay toward a small island that bore only one building. A hospital, its brick façade illuminated by the rising sun, the clockface built into the tower so bright the captain could not look at it directly.
"Get the horn," Captain Pasker told the boy. The sailor went running. By the time he returned with the large vocal horn, the warship was just a few meters away from the stone steps that disappeared into the blue-green waters of the bay. He tried to count them-fifty or so, leading up to a stone plaza and the massive doors of the hospital.
The captain raised the horn to his lips. "By order of Emperor Auguste, you must surrender your person for trial." His voice boomed up the steps, and he was certain that those who lurked inside the large brick building had heard.
The doors, however, did not open.
"This is your last chance," Captain Pasker shouted through the horn. "You are hereby ordered by the Emperor's Guard to present yourself for arrest on the grounds of treason."
"And trespassing," the first mate added.
Captain Pasker set the vocal horn down. "Treason's quite enough. Can't hang the girl twice."
They waited.
"All right, boys, get ready."
The sailors
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used oars to bring the warship closer to the steps, then lashed it portside to the posts.
"I'll take five," the captain said, one foot on the gangway. The first mate selected five additional sailors to accompany him, and they followed his long strides onto the small island, swords at their hips and muzzle-loaded smoothbore muskets in their hands.
"Blasted sun gets in the way," Captain Pasker grumbled as he looked back at the ship. "Try the horn once more," he called.
The first mate repeated the captain's message, the words amplified and echoing over the calm waters of the bay. The captain and his five were already halfway up the stairs when the heavy door of the hospital creaked open.
A girl stepped into the light.
She was average in height and build, her hair black and neatly braided, shining in the sun as if it were still damp after being washed. Her deep olive skin was typical of people from Lunar Island. She wore alchemist robes that seemed a touch too big for her; likely she'd stolen the clothing from the hospital closets. The only remarkable thing about her was that she was missing her left arm from a point just above where her elbow should have been, but even that detail wasn't too strange. Many on Lunar Island had lost a limb or two from the plague.
Still, she was young enough to be Captain Pasker's daughter. Seventeen, eighteen maybe. He could feel the doubt welling in his men, the hesitation. The captain gazed up the long stone stairs toward her.
"We're here to arrest you," Captain Pasker called. "Best come quiet now."
The girl smiled.
"Girl," Captain Pasker said in a warning tone, as if even her gender was cause for offense.
The doors behind her opened wider.
The people who poured out behind the girl seemed unarmed. Most wore hospital dressing gowns; a few wore peasants' clothing. All of them showed some deformity of the plague-withered and blackened hands or feet, an inky stain rising up their necks, under their skin.
"I'll take five," the captain said, one foot on the gangway. The first mate selected five additional sailors to accompany him, and they followed his long strides onto the small island, swords at their hips and muzzle-loaded smoothbore muskets in their hands.
"Blasted sun gets in the way," Captain Pasker grumbled as he looked back at the ship. "Try the horn once more," he called.
The first mate repeated the captain's message, the words amplified and echoing over the calm waters of the bay. The captain and his five were already halfway up the stairs when the heavy door of the hospital creaked open.
A girl stepped into the light.
She was average in height and build, her hair black and neatly braided, shining in the sun as if it were still damp after being washed. Her deep olive skin was typical of people from Lunar Island. She wore alchemist robes that seemed a touch too big for her; likely she'd stolen the clothing from the hospital closets. The only remarkable thing about her was that she was missing her left arm from a point just above where her elbow should have been, but even that detail wasn't too strange. Many on Lunar Island had lost a limb or two from the plague.
Still, she was young enough to be Captain Pasker's daughter. Seventeen, eighteen maybe. He could feel the doubt welling in his men, the hesitation. The captain gazed up the long stone stairs toward her.
"We're here to arrest you," Captain Pasker called. "Best come quiet now."
The girl smiled.
"Girl," Captain Pasker said in a warning tone, as if even her gender was cause for offense.
The doors behind her opened wider.
The people who poured out behind the girl seemed unarmed. Most wore hospital dressing gowns; a few wore peasants' clothing. All of them showed some deformity of the plague-withered and blackened hands or feet, an inky stain rising up their necks, under their skin.
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Autoren-Porträt von Beth Revis
Beth Revis grew up in the Appalachian Mountains with a cemetery in her backyard, which is probably why she prefers her stories to be dark and full of twists. She's the New York Times bestselling author of the Across the Universe trilogy, which has been translated into more than 20 languages. Beth lives in a house full of boys-her husband, son, and two massive dogs-and she forces them all to watch reruns of Firefly and Doctor Who. Visit her at bethrevis.com.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Beth Revis
- Altersempfehlung: Ab 12 Jahre
- 2018, 368 Seiten, Maße: 13,6 x 20,8 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Penguin US
- ISBN-10: 0451481305
- ISBN-13: 9780451481306
- Erscheinungsdatum: 12.09.2018
Sprache:
Englisch
Pressezitat
"Transfixing....[A] complex and atmospheric mix of fantasy, family secrets, and political intrigue." -Kirkus"This twisty, macabre fantasy...employs keen character work, thoughtful worldbuilding, and an intelligent plot." -Publishers Weekly
"Dark, twisty, weird, and FANTASTIC." -SyFy Wire
"Give the Dark My Love is Revis's best work to date. It is heartbreaking and unflinching in its portrayal of grief, hopelessness and the heroic attempt to stop fate even when you know you can't." -The Asheville Citizen-Times
"Tantalizing....This fully realized novel, first in a duology, is worth purchasing for any collection." -Booklist
"A twisty thriller-this dark fantasy grabs you by the throat and drags you all the way to the end." -Cinda Williams Chima, New York Times bestselling author of the Shattered Realms series
"Dark, dangerous, and utterly captivating. Beth Revis has outdone herself." -C.J. Redwine, New York Times bestselling author of The Shadow Queen
"A darkly twisted look at the way grief makes monsters of us all." -New York Times bestselling author Carrie Ryan
"A spellbinding tale filled with political intrigue, dark magic, and impossible choices. Readers will be instantly addicted to this wickedly thrilling adventure." -#1 New York Times bestselling author Kerri Maniscalco
"Stunning and shocking to behold, Give the Dark My Love asks: How far will we venture into darkness for the ones we love?" -Julie C. Dao, author of Forest of a Thousand Lanterns
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