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Betrayals
Bridget Collins
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Belletristik / Gegenwartsliteratur (ab 1945)
Beschreibung
International Bestseller!Dizzyingly wonderful . . . a perfectly constructed work of fiction, with audacious twists . . . Collins plays her own game here with perfect skill. The Times (UK)An intricate and utterly spellbinding literary epic brimming with enchantment, mystery, and dark secrets from the highly acclaimed author of the #1 international bestseller The Binding.If your life was based on a lie, would you risk it all to tell the truth?At Montverre, an ancient and elite academy hidden high in the mountains, societys best and brightest are trained for excellence in the grand jeuthe great gamean arcane and mysterious competition that combines music, art, math, poetry, and philosophy. Lo Martin once excelled at Montverre but lost his passion for scholarly pursuits after a violent tragedy. He turned to politics instead and became a rising star in the ruling party, until a small act of conscience cost him his career. Now he has been exiled back to Montverre, his fate uncertain.But this rarified world of learning Lo once loved is not the same place he remembers. Once the exclusive bastion of men, Montverres most prestigious post is now held by a woman: Claire Dryden, also known as the Magister Ludi, the head of the great game. At first, Lo feels an odd attraction to the magistera mysterious, eerily familiar connectionthough hes sure theyve never met before.As the legendary Midsummer Game approachesthe climax of the academys yearlong-buried secrets rise to the surface and centuries-old traditions are shockingly overturned.A highly imaginative and intricately crafted literary epic, The Betrayalsconfirms Bridget Collins as one of the most inventive and exquisite new voices in speculative fiction.
