Amazon Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy Book of 2018
One of Entertainment Weekly's 10 Best YA Books of 2018
One of Publishers Weekly's Best YA Book of the Year
A National Indie Bestseller
Longlisted for Irish YA prize Great Reads Award
Lose yourself in the fantastic world of the arks and in the company of
unforgettable characters in this French runaway hit, Christelle Dabos'
The Mirror Visitor quartet.
Plain-spoken, headstrong Ophelia cares little about appearances. Her
ability to read the past of objects is unmatched in all of Anima and,
what's more, she possesses the ability to travel through mirrors, a
skill passed down to her from previous generations. Her idyllic life is
disrupted, however, when she is promised in marriage to Thorn, a
taciturn and influential member of a distant clan. Ophelia must leave
all she knows behind and follow her fiancé to Citaceleste, the capital
of a cold, icy ark known as the Pole, where danger lurks around every
corner and nobody can be trusted. There, in the presence of her
inscrutable future husband, Ophelia slowly realizes that she is a pawn
in a political game that will have far-reaching ramifications not only
for her but for her entire world.
The World of the Arks
Long ago, following a cataclysm called the Rupture, the world was
shattered into many floating celestial islands, now known as arks. Over
each, the spirit of an omnipotent and immortal ancestor abides. The
inhabitants of these arks each possess a unique power. Ophelia, with her
ability to read the pasts of objects, must navigate this fantastic,
disjointed, perilous world using her trademark tenacity and quiet
strength.
An unforgettable heroine, a rich and bountiful universe, intrigue and
suspense: A Winter's Promise is perfect for readers of Margaret
Rogerson's An Enchantment of Ravens, Melissa Albert's The Hazel
Wood, V.E. Schwab's "Shades of Magic" series, Tomi Adeyemi's Children
of Blood and Bone, Kenneth Oppel's "Airborne" series, and N.K. Jemisin
"Broken Earth" series.
Extract:
I think we could have all lived happily, in a way, God, me and the
others, if it weren't for that accursed book. It disgusted me. I knew
what bound me to it in the most sickening of ways, but the horror of
that particular knowledge came later, much later. I didn't understand
straight away, I was too ignorant.
