Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
Anglet Sutonga must save a city pushed to the brink in Hartley's pulse-pounding fantasy mystery series which started with the Thriller Award-winning Steeplejack
The city of Bar-Selehm is tossed into a whirlwind of scandal when the Prime Minister is found dead on the floors of Parliament: and Anglet Sutonga's friend and employer, Josiah Willinghouse, is the one holding the knife.
Determined to prove his innocence, Ang investigates leads throughout the city, only to discover even more chaos wherever she goes. A mysterious but fatal illness is infecting the poor. A fanatical politician seizes power, and rolls out his plans to make Bar-Selehm great again.
Amidst these surrounding dangers, Anglet Sutonga must gather her friends from places high and low to form a resistance... and hopefully, protect everything she knows and loves.
"Richly-drawn and diverse cast of characters, with an unstoppable plot " --Carrie Ryan, New York Times bestselling author
Synopsis
In A. J. Hartley's thrilling and intriguing 19th-century South African-inspired fantasy world,
which started with the Thriller Award-winning Steeplejack and continues with Guardian, Anglet Sutonga is a teenage detective fighting in a race against time as her beloved city is pushed to the brink.
This is what Ang knows:
A dear friend is accused of murdering the Prime Minister of Bar-Selehm.
A mysterious but fatal illness is infecting the poor.
A fanatical politician seizes power, unleashing a wave of violent repression over the city.
This is what Ang must do:
Protect her family.
Solve a murder.
RESIST, no matter what, before it's too late.
"Richly-drawn and diverse cast of characters, with an unstoppable plot " --Carrie Ryan, New York Times bestselling author
"Smart political intrigue wrapped in all the twists and turns of a good detective story." -- Kirkus Reviews, starred review
"A political, multilayered mystery-thriller with a strong, impressively fierce heroine." --Shelf Awareness, starred review