Daughter of Smoke and Bone

Daughter of Smoke and Bone

by Laini Taylor (Author)

Synopsis

Errand requiring immediate attention. Come. The note was on vellum, pierced by the talons of the almost-crow that delivered it. Karou read the message. 'He never says please', she sighed, but she gathered up her things. When Brimstone called, she always came. In general, Karou has managed to keep her two lives in balance. On the one hand, she's a seventeen-year-old art student in Prague; on the other, errand-girl to a monstrous creature who is the closest thing she has to family. Raised half in our world, half in 'Elsewhere', she has never understood Brimstone's dark work - buying teeth from hunters and murderers - nor how she came into his keeping. She is a secret even to herself, plagued by the sensation that she isn't whole. Now the doors to Elsewhere are closing, and Karou must choose between the safety of her human life and the dangers of a war-ravaged world that may hold the answers she has always sought.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 422
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Published: 29 Sep 2011

ISBN 10: 144472262X
ISBN 13: 9781444722628
Children’s book age: 12+ Years
Book Overview: 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.

Media Reviews
WOW. I wish I had written this book. * Patrick Rothfuss *
Remarkable and beautifully written . . . The opening volume of a truly original trilogy. * Guardian *
The world-building descriptions and language stop your heart and then, like a defibrillator, start it up again. * New York Times *
Mesmerising. * Marie Claire *
Author Bio
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 Pie. Visit her website: www.lainitaylor.com. Follow her on Twitter: twitter.com/lainitaylor