Stefan Bachmann: The Peculiar, Kartoniert / Broschiert

Kurzbeschreibung

Bachmanns prose is beautiful, and his story is swift, strong, and entertaining, Highly recommended, I cant wait to see what Bachmann writes next, - Christopher Paolini, author of Eragon Stefan Bachmann breathes fresh life into ancient magic, - Rick Riordan, author of the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series

Beschreibung

Bartholomew Kettle wont live long, Changelings never do, The child of a human mother and a faery father, he is despised by both races, But one day, Bartholomew suddenly finds himself at the center of a web of intrigue and danger that spans the entire country, A powerful figure sits in the shadows, pushing the pieces into place for some terrible victory, Something is coming for Bartholomew, But when youre a changeling, theres nowhere to run, Stefan Bachmans debut novel, which the NewYork Times calls richly realized, is one of the most buzzed about books of 2012,

Klappentext

Don't get yourself noticed and you won't get yourself hanged.

In the faery slums of Bath, Bartholomew Kettle and his sister Hettie live by these words. Bartholomew and Hettie are changelings---Peculiars---and neither faeries nor humans want anything to do with them.

One day a mysterious lady in a plum-colored dress comes gliding down Old Crow Alley. Bartholomew watches her through his window. Who is she? What does she want? And when Bartholomew witnesses the lady whisking away, in a whirling ring of feathers, the boy who lives across the alley---Bartholomew forgets the rules and gets himself noticed.

First he's noticed by the lady in plum herself, then by something darkly magical and mysterious, by Jack Box and the Raggedy Man, by the powerful Mr. Lickerish . . . and by Arthur Jelliby, a young man trying to slip through the world unnoticed, too, and who, against all odds, offers Bartholomew friendship and a way to belong.

Part murder mystery, part gothic fantasy, part steampunk adventure, The Peculiar is Stefan Bachmann's riveting, inventive, and unforgettable debut novel.