Produktdetaljer
Biografisk notat
Rebecca Roanhorse is the New York Times bestselling author of Trail of Lightning, Storm of Locusts, Star Wars: Resistance Reborn, and Race to the Sun. She has won the Nebula, Hugo, Alex, and Locus Awards for her fiction, and was the recipient of the 2018 Astounding Award for Best New Writer. Her previous novel, Black Sun, was a national bestseller and a finalist for the Hugo, Locus, and Nebula Awards. She lives in New Mexico with her family."An intricately layered, sprawling and fabulously dark epic fantasy of political intrigue, power and revenge. Enthralling, beautiful and heartwrenching."— Aliette de Bodard, Nebula award-winning author of <i>Seven of Infinities</i>
"Roanhorse introduces an epic fantasy with vivid worldbuilding and exciting prose. Readers will be attracted to the story, in which there is no real right vs. wrong. Only inevitable change will draw out the heroes of this imaginative tale." — <i>Library Journal</i>, (starred review)
“The world sucks you in from the start, and the pacing yanks you along by the collar. <i>Black Sun</i> is instantly riveting from the beginning—Roanhorse is at the top of her game here.” — R.F. Kuang, bestselling author of <i>The Poppy War</i>
‘Rebecca Roanhorse is known for her incredible worldbuilding, diverse inspirations, and complex reinterpretations of tropes, and all her talents are perfectly on display in her latest.’ -- CrimeReads
‘A compelling, dark fantasy mystery’ -- BuzzFeed News
Celeste grew up with their father, passing in privileged society, while Mariel stayed with their mother in Goetia’s slums. Celeste is wracked by guilt for leaving her sister behind, and when their father dies, she becomes Mariel’s fiercest protector. But their lives are upended when Mariel is arrested for the murder of a Virtue.
Determined to save her sister and prove her innocence, Celeste turns to her ex-lover, a former general in the armies of Hell, for help. Soon Celeste is making her own deals with devils and angels alike to prove her sister's innocence. However the journey to discover the truth threatens to become more than Celeste ever bargained for.
"An intricately layered, sprawling and fabulously dark epic fantasy of political intrigue, power and revenge. Enthralling, beautiful and heartwrenching."— Aliette de Bodard, Nebula award-winning author of Seven of Infinities
From the best-selling author of Between Earth and Sky series comes a genre-bending standalone murder mystery with angels and demons