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Evade the Serpent.
Heed the Curse.
Rewrite the Present.
Esta isn't a stranger to high-stakes heists. She's a seasoned thief who has no reservations about using her affinity for time to give her an edge, and she's trained her whole life for one mission: travel back to 1902 New York, steal the ancient Book of Mysteries, and use its power to destroy the Brink and free the Mageus from the Order's control.
But the Book held a danger that no one anticipated—Seshat, an angry goddess was trapped within its pages. Now that terrible power lives within Harte, and if given the chance, Seshat will use Esta to destroy the world and take her revenge.
Only Esta and Harte stand in her way.
Yet in their search to recover the elemental stones needed to bind Seshat's power, Esta and Harte have found themselves stranded in time with a continent between them. As Esta fights to get back to Harte, the Order is no longer the only obstacle standing in her way.
Saving Harte—and magic itself—will put even Esta's skills to the test. And all the while, another danger grows, one more terrible than both Seshat and the Order combined...
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April 13, 2021 -
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- ISBN: 9781481494502
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- ISBN: 9781481494502
- File size: 10543 KB
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- English
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Levels
- ATOS Level: 6.3
- Lexile® Measure: 890
- Interest Level: 9-12(UG)
- Text Difficulty: 4-5
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March 1, 2021
Volume 3 of an ever increasing series. In 1904, A-list protagonists Esta and Harte continue their cross-country quest to gather the stones to stop threats both mythical and corporeal. Back in 1902 New York City, B-list protagonist Viola--and to a lesser extent Jianyu and Cela--continues to work against two opposing threats: Nibsy Lorcan and the Order. As in The Devil's Thief (2018), this weighty tome jumps between timelines (as do some characters) and multiple close third-person perspectives, often reiterating information from different perspectives. Villainous Jack Grew appears in every time, making it clear that his particular brand of fear-based, White male power grab (and later formal governance) is as powerful a threat in fantasy as in reality. After a long buildup, much is resolved: Harte makes peace with his troubled childhood; Esta and Harte confess their feelings; the many secondary characters get to experience adventure and dip a toe into romantic entanglement; and one major threat is managed. Ambitious and complex plotting, complete with plenty of ruminations on power and hatred, make for compelling reading--but only for readers patient enough to push through the glacial pacing, which picks up toward the end only to leave some plates still spinning, waiting for resolution in the presumable fourth volume. Bloated. (map, author's note) (Historical fantasy. 12-adult)COPYRIGHT(2021) Kirkus Reviews, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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