Welcome to Teaser Tuesdays – a weekly feature hosted by A Daily Rhythm. Expect a new teaser every week!
| Teaser Tuesdays: December 15 |
The House of Shattered Wings
by Aliette de Bodard
Fantasy | 416 Pages | Published by Gollancz in 2015
“Like most buildings in Paris, it was covered with soot, the blackened streaks characteristic of spell residue. Once, it must have sheltered thousands—a natural refuge, an island only connected to the rest of the city by seven bridges, but now it lay empty and dark, and the river that had once been its first line of defense had turned wild, become a power that snapped and killed anything that came near its shores.”
~ p. 38, The House of Shattered Wings by Aliette de Bodard
| Synopsis |
A superb murder mystery, on an epic scale, set against the fall out – literally – of a war in Heaven.
Paris has survived the Great Houses War – just. Its streets are lined with haunted ruins, Notre-Dame is a burnt-out shell, and the Seine runs black with ashes and rubble. Yet life continues among the wreckage. The citizens continue to live, love, fight and survive in their war-torn city, and The Great Houses still vie for dominion over the once grand capital.
House Silverspires, previously the leader of those power games, lies in disarray. Its magic is ailing; its founder, Morningstar, has been missing for decades; and now something from the shadows stalks its people inside their very own walls.
Within the House, three very different people must come together: a naive but powerful Fallen, a alchemist with a self-destructive addiction, and a resentful young man wielding spells from the Far East. They may be Silverspires’ salvation. They may be the architects of its last, irreversible fall…
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Thanks! 😀
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I’ve read a few reviews of this book recently but I’m not sure it really grabs me. Sounds interesting — just not for me. Here’s my opening/teaser: http://wp.me/p4DMf0-14R
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I don’t read much fantasy these days, but between the cover, the title and Paris, it does sound interesting.
My TT this week is from a classic: The Octopus: A Story of California by Frank Norris at http://wp.me/pZnGI-sc
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It is a really interesting and exciting read! I’m finding it hard to put down.
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I’m branching out into other genres and this book intrigues me. I like the description in your Teaser.
My Tuesday post features THE JOURNEY BACK – A Doublesight Story.
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Thanks! It’s a great combination of real-world fantasy and beautiful writing 😀
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This sounds like one I would enjoy. I’ll have to add it to my list. My teaser comes from Killing Trail by Margaret Mizushima this week. Happy reading!
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Thanks 😀
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I love the description in the teaser and the cover is gorgeous! I will definitely have to check this one out. 😀
Happy Tuesday! Here’s my teaser of The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater.
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It really does have some beautiful descriptions! It’s a very surprising novel:D
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Someday I will read this, dammit. I have heard so many good things, but it isn’t very high up on ye old (towering) tbr pile. Good teaser and another nudge in its direction…
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Oh same! I’m sure it would have been on the pile much longer if I hadn’t just got a tablet and bought the e-book!
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Sounds like it could be good. Interesting cover.
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Oh, hey, this is a different cover than the one I’m used to seeing with regards to the book. Sounds like an atmospheric spooky read!
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It’s very atmospheric! And it’s definitely a read where I have no idea how it will unfold!
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Such a great teaser! I will have to check this one out!
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Thanks! Aliette de Bodard’s writing is certainly beautiful.
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Sounds interesting! I love the cover. I’ve not read a lot of fantasy although I do like the genre. 🙂
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It was a great read and I agree, the cover (and the US cover) is lovely
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