Leigh Bardugo

Broschiertes Buch

The Familiar

Beschreibung

AN INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'A richly imagined, intricate tale of magic and intrigue' DEBORAH HARKNESS, #1 bestselling author of A Discovery of Witches 'Riveting... Leigh Bardugo's characters are so three dimensional you want to reach through the page' DIANA GABALDON, #1 bestselling author of Outlander 'A wonderful, transporting ride through history... a deeply romantic novel' KATHERINE ARDEN, bestselling author of The Bear and The Nightingale ----- FATE CAN BE CHANGED. CURSES CAN BE BROKEN. In a shabby house in the new capital of Madrid, Luzia Cotado uses scraps of magic to get through her days of endless toil. But when her scheming mistress discovers her scullion is hiding a talent for little miracles, she demands Luzia use those gifts to win over the royal court. Determined to seize this chance to better her fortunes, Luzia plunges into a world of power-hungry nobility, desperate kings, holy men and seers, where the lines between magic, science and fraud blur. With the pyres of the Inquisition burning, she must use every bit of her wit and resilience to win fame and hide the truth of her ancestry - even if that means enlisting the help of an embittered immortal familiar, whose own secrets could cost her everything. From the Sunday Times bestselling author comes a bewitching novel, brimming with peril in a world where a woman's ambition can prove deadly. ----- PRAISE FOR LEIGH BARDUGO'S BOOKS 'Reading Bardugo is an immersive, sensual experience... One can't help sinking into Luzia and Santángel's world and wishing never to leave' THE NEW YORK TIMES 'A compelling, well-researched and vividly written tale of magic and desire' THE GUARDIAN 'The Familiar feels distinct from similar tales ? including Bardugo's own ? because it explores a brutal and shameful real-life history... Bardugo brilliantly explores the wavy line between the supernatural and the divine' WASHINGTON POST 'A pacy read with electric prose' INDEPENDENT on Six of Crows 'Impossible to put down' STEPHEN KING, on Ninth House

Autor

Leigh Bardugo is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Ninth House and the creator of the Grishaverse (now a Netflix original series) which spans the Shadow and Bone trilogy, the Six of Crows duology, the King of Scars duology-and much more. Her short fiction has appeared in multiple anthologies including The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy. She lives in Los Angeles and is an associate fellow of Pauli Murray College at Yale University.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd (UK)
• Seitenzahl: 400
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 196mm x 127mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 276g
• ISBN-13: 9780241999844
• ISBN-10: 0241999847
• Artikelnr.: 71627123

Rezensionen

"Reading Bardugo is an immersive, sensual experience... One can't help sinking into Luzia and Santángel's world and wishing never to leave."
-The New York Times

"The Familiar feels distinct from similar tales - including Bardugo's own - because it explores a brutal and shameful real-life history... Bardugo brilliantly explores the wavy line between the supernatural and the divine: Magic is forbidden, but miracles come from God."
-The Washington Post

"Full of hidden perils and twisting machinations, The Familiar is Bardugo's most assured and mature work yet, a remarkable portrait of the magic of exiles and the traumatic echoes of the Spanish Inquisition."
-BookPage (starred

review)

"The sharp realism mixes with a genuine feeling of enchantment to create a top tier historical fantasy."
-Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"The Familiar highlights all of the things that make Bardugo so well loved: a romance with maddening chemistry, an artfully built world, side characters with their own deep backstories, and a plot full of dark twists and spiderweb connections."
-Booklist (starred review)

"Lush, gorgeous, precise language and propulsive plotting sweep readers into a story as intelligent as it is atmospheric."
-Kirkus (starred review)

"Bardugo masterfully weaves magical realism with historical fiction and romance, which makes this book impossible to put down."
-Library Journal (starred review)

"At this point it seems fair to wonder-is there anything Leigh Bardugo can't do?"
-Paste Magazine

"If you appreciate rich historical fantasy with gorgeous descriptions and powerful displays of magic, check out The Familiar."
-Geek Girl Authority

"A richly imagined, intricate tale... I loved every word of this novel, and it's a must-read for those who are seeking a little magic in their lives."
-Deborah Harkness, #1 bestselling author of A Discovery of Witches

"Riveting... Leigh Bardugo's characters are so three-dimensional you want to reach through the page."
-Diana Gabaldon, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Outlander

"A wonderful, transporting ride through a moment in history, where you can see the height of Spanish power but also sense the rot underneath. I really enjoyed it, it definitely made me think, and, of course, it's deeply romantic."
-Katherine Arden, author of The Warm Hands of Ghosts