The Gilded Wolves (The Gilded Wolves, #1)

Roshani Chokshi
Wednesday Books • 2019

From New York Times bestselling author Roshani Chokshi comes a novel set in Paris during a time of extraordinary change--one that is full of mystery, decadence, and dangerous desires...It's 1889. The ...city is on the cusp of industry and power, and the Exposition Universelle has breathed new life into the streets and dredged up ancient secrets. Here, no one keeps tabs on dark truths better than treasure-hunter and wealthy hotelier Séverin Montagnet-Alarie. When the elite, ever-powerful Order of Babel coerces him to help them on a mission, Séverin is offered a treasure that he never imagined: his true inheritance.To hunt down the ancient artifact the Order seeks, Séverin calls upon a band of unlikely experts: An engineer with a debt to pay. A historian banished from his home. A dancer with a sinister past. And a brother in arms if not blood.Together, they will join Séverin as he explores the dark, glittering heart of Paris. What they find might change the course of history--but only if they can stay alive.
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Paříž konce 19. století. Doba zlatého věku umění, pokroku, dobrodružství i šarmantní elegance. A také místo, kdy se v lesku Světové výstavy stahují mračna nad vládnoucí pařížskými klany. Ty se kdysi zavázaly střežit starodávný artefakt. Ten se však po neshodách mezi nimi postupně proměnil z předmětu v pouhou legendu. Nebo ne? Když hoteliér Séverin objeví důkaz […] The post Roshani[...]

S temnejšími YA fantasy plnými rozporuplných hrdinov sa v poslednej dobe roztrhlo vrece. Jednou z nich je zahraničná novinka The Gilded Wolves, na ktorú si dnes posvietime – má kniha skutočne čo ponúknuť? The Gilded Wolves sa odohráva v alternatívnom Paríži devätnásteho storočia. Do voľne interpretovanej minulosti autorka zamotala voľne interpretovanú Babylonskú vežu z Biblie, aby[...]

From New York Times bestselling author Roshani Chokshi comes a novel set in Paris during a time of extraordinary change--one that is full of mystery, decadence, and dangerous desires...

It's 1889. The city is on the cusp of industry and power, and the Exposition Universelle has breathed new life into the streets and dredged up ancient secrets. Here, no one keeps tabs on dark truths better than treasure-hunter and wealthy hotelier Séverin Montagnet-Alarie. When the elite, ever-powerful Order of Babel coerces him to help them on a mission, Séverin is offered a treasure that he never imagined: his true inheritance.

To hunt down the ancient artifact the Order seeks, Séverin calls upon a band of unlikely experts: An engineer with a debt to pay. A historian banished from his home. A dancer with a sinister past. And a brother in arms if not blood.

Together, they will join Séverin as he explores the dark, glittering heart of Paris. What they find might change the course of history--but only if they can stay alive.