Fyrebirds - Softcover

Armstrong, Kate J.

 
9780593859452: Fyrebirds
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0593859456 ISBN 13: 9780593859452
Verlag: Penguin Young Readers Group, 2024

Inhaltsangabe

With tensions rising and their powers no longer a secret, the Nightbirds must decide for whom and for what they are willing to fight for and how far they will go in the spellbinding sequel to the international bestseller Nightbirds.

The Nightbirds were once their city’s best-kept secret, but now the secret’s out. What’s more, they can do feats of magic no one has seen in centuries. They’re like the Fyrebirds of old: the powerful women who once moved mountains, parted seas, and led armies. Some say that when four join together, they become a force that shakes the earth and sends magic rippling through it. It does seem as if something has awoken in Eudea, but the four girls responsible don’t want the world to know the full extent of what they can do—at least not yet.

As the new leader of Eudea works to lift the prohibition on magic, the churchmen who do not support it—and the gang lords who profit from it—whisper rebellion. The secret resistance who once sheltered the Nightbirds is rallying, too. Smelling blood in the water, an ambitious Farlands king threatens to take Eudea. As war looms, and the empire’s fate hangs from a knife’s edge, the Nightbirds have to decide if becoming more than that are—Fyrebirds—to protect Simta is worth losing themselves entirely and the lives and loves they might have had.

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Kate J. Armstrong has always had a fondness for adventure. After graduating college, she left her home state of Virginia and has never really looked back. She’s explored many places and vocations, working as a high school English teacher and a nonfiction writer and editor for publishers such as National Geographic. In 2018 she started The Exploress, a women’s history podcast with a cult following and over half a million downloads. She is also the co-host of Pub Dates, a podcast that takes readers backstage to join her on the journey to publication. When she’s not writing or recording, you will find Kate hiking mountains, trying out cocktails, finding excuses to dress up in historical attire, or reading way past her bedtime. She lives in Melbourne, Australia, with her husband.

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CHAPTER 2
A Shadow Doesn't Have to Fear the Dark

Sayer sways to the music, making her stolen dress glimmer. Its sequins flash with the light of the candles, all trickster-kissed to burn a sultry red. Each dancing girl wears a feathered mask with dark mesh over the eyeholes. Sayer swore she would never put one on again. Yet here she is, playing at being a Nightbird. The irony isn t lost on her.

When the Nightbirds disbanded, the system that once kept their secrets safe unraveled. Old clients started talking. An anonymous lord even sold a tell-all to a newssheet: My Evening with a Nightbird. Now that all of Simta knows about the elite girls who once gifted magic with kisses, everyone wants a taste, real or not. Hence this new type of amusement: a so-called Nightbirds party. The evening s host, a House Rochet lordling, has brought his friends to an establishment on Smoky Row to celebrate his impending nuptials. The evening started with them going through the bawdy house s parlor, where a woman calling herself Madam Crow took their money. She introduced each girl by a code name: things like the Swallow, the Wren, and the Flamingo. None of these girls were ever Nightbirds, but that doesn t matter. The evening wouldn t be as thrilling unless it followed the entirety of the script.

The guests all men hover at the room s edges. A few are moving in, swaying and tipsy, doing their best attempt at the Deepwater Creep. The girls are doing a passable job of pretending to enjoy it. Sayer keeps her eyes on Iona, the girl she came for. Leta heard, through her web of spies and whispers, that she wants out of this brothel, but apparently her Madam has other ideas. After all, a girl like her is worth a fortune. This Madam Crow has promised her clients there is a truly magical girl at this party, a gold coin hidden in a stack of copper naves. The first to find her gets to claim her. Sayer s got to get her out before they do. This house, this city, isn t safe for girls with magic, especially those with no family. Pipers harass them, the church s Wardens arrest them, lords like these see them as fair game. So Leta uses her wealth and connections to help find and rescue girls who need it. Sayer spends her nights as their unforgiving blade. Still, for every girl she helps, another seems to slip through her fingers. For every man she makes pay for his crimes, another walks free.

We can t guard them all, Leta tells her, and punish every villain who deserves it.

She thinks of her sire. Anger crackles inside her. It s always there, a dark heart between her ribs.

Watch me.

Sayer dances closer to the girl they re calling the Flamingo. She flinches a little every time someone touches her, wiping a hand on her deeply pink dress.

Sayer is almost there when a boy wedges in, blocking her view.

Pleasant evening, he says, thin lips framed by a goatee that reminds her of a hedge maze. What s your name again, sweetling?

She tilts her head coyly. The Egret.

Lucky Sayer and the actual Egret have similar coloring. The girl was happy enough to let Sayer take her place tonight.

His hand snakes around her. Tell me, little egret. Are you the one with magic?

Sayer makes herself smile. Wouldn t you like to know.

He laughs, though it s more of a bray. Aren t you charming.

If only he knew she has a knife under her dress.

I have to talk to one of the other girls, Sayer says. Don t go away. I ll be right back.

Hedge Maze squeezes her waist. Wouldn t you rather find somewhere private to continue our . . . conversation?&rdquo

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Verlag
Penguin Young Readers Group
Erscheinungsdatum
2024
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0593859456
ISBN 13 
9780593859452
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Anzahl der Seiten
384
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