Daughter Of Smoke And Bone

Author: Laini Taylor

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  • : $16.99 AUD
  • : 9781444722659
  • : Simon & Schuster
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  • : 0.307
  • : April 2012
  • : 28mm X 129mm X 198mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : 17.99
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  • : November 2020
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Description

The first book in the New York Times bestselling epic fantasy trilogy by award-winning author Laini Taylor. Around the world, black handprints are appearing on doorways, scorched there by winged strangers who have crept through a slit in the sky. In a dark and dusty shop, a devil's supply of human teeth grown dangerously low. And in the tangled lanes of Prague, a young art student is about to be caught up in a brutal otherwordly war. Meet Karou. She fills her sketchbooks with monsters that may or may not be real; she's prone to disappearing on mysterious "errands"; she speaks many languages--not all of them human; and her bright blue hair actually grows out of her head that color. Who is she? That is the question that haunts her, and she's about to find out. When one of the strangers--beautiful, haunted Akiva--fixes his fire-colored eyes on her in an alley in Marrakesh, the result is blood and starlight, secrets unveiled, and a star-crossed love whose roots drink deep of a violent past. But will Karou live to regret learning the truth about herself?

Promotion info

Daughter of Smoke and Bone is a book unbounded by genre but located at a magical crossroads where The Passage meets Philip Pullman and Twilight meets Pan's Labyrinth.

Reviews

'WOW. I wish I had written this book.' Patrick Rothfuss   'Daughter of Smoke and Bone is that rare beast: a novel that takes the familiar and makes it appear startling and new. Taylor has embraced the mythology of angels and reworked it in an extraordinary form, so that by the end of this lyrical, haunting book, I wanted to believe in the existence of these violent, tormented beings. I can hardly wait for the next installment.' John Connolly   'Remarkable and beautifully written ... The opening volume of a truly original trilogy.' -Guardian   'Northern Lights and Pan's Labyrinth in one.' Stylist   'The world-building descriptions and language stop your heart and then, like a defibrillator, start it up again.' - New York Times   'You don't want this book to end ... it's cancelling-weekend-plans, stay-up-all-night-addictive.' - Easy Living   'Laini Taylor's imagination is vivid.' Financial Times   'A pacy and inventive tale of a girl with an unknown past and supernatural friends ... Mesmerising.' Marie Claire   'Big things are expected of this, the first in a new fantasy trilogy, and we can see why ... Imaginative and sexy, we couldn't put this down.' Bella   'Trust us, it's brilliant' Heat   'A beautifully written novel, reminiscent of Neil Gaiman ... It is a wonderfully realised world, with fantastic but completely believable characters ... It is sure to be a huge, and deserved, success.'- We Love This Book   'Thrillingly fresh and new. The smartly plotted, surprising, and fiercely compelling read will hook you from its opening pages. (Seriously, cancel all plans once you begin; you won't want to put it down.)'Entertainment Weekly

Author description

Laini Taylor is the author of three previous books, the most recent of which, Lips Touch: Three Times, was a silver medal finalist for the 2009 National Book Award. She lives in Portland, Oregon, with her husband, illustrator Jim Di Bartolo, and their baby daughter, Clementine.