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Dickinson

 
9781447281184: The Traitor (Masquerade, 1)
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ISBN 10: 1447281187 ISBN 13: 9781447281184
Verlag: Tor, 2016

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Shortlisted for the 2016 David Gemmell Morningstar Award for Best Debut

[Published as The Traitor Baru Cormorant in the US]

Baru Cormorant believes any price is worth paying to liberate her people - even her soul.

When the Empire of Masks conquers her island home, criminalizes her customs, and murders one of her Fathers, Baru vows to hide her hate, join the Empire's civil service, and claw her way up enough rungs of power to put a stop to the Emperor's influence and set her people free.

As a natural savant, she is sent as an imperial agent to distant Aurdwynn - a post she worries will never get her the position and power she craves. But Baru soon discovers Aurdwynn is a complex and secretive country, seemingly on the brink of rebellion. All it would need is a match to the tinder . . .

Drawn by the intriguing duchess Tain Hu into a circle of seditious aristocrats, Baru may be able to use her position to stoke a revolution that will threaten to bring the Empire to its knees.

As Baru maintains a precarious balance between the rebels and a shadowy cabal within the Empire, she orchestrates a do-or-die gambit with Aurdwynn's freedom as the prize. But winning the long game of saving her own people may be far more costly than Baru imagines.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Seth Dickinson's short fiction has appeared in various publications including Analog, Asimov's, Clarkesworld, Lightspeed, Strange Horizons and Beneath Ceaseless Skies. He is an instructor at the Alpha Workshop for Young Writers, winner of the 2011 Dell Magazines Award, and a lapsed student of social neuroscience. He lives in Brooklyn, New York. The Traitor is his first novel.

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Baru will pay any price to liberate her people: even her soul

When the Empire of Masks conquers Baru's island home, murdering one of her fathers, she vows revenge. She'll destroy the Empire from within - by joining its civil service and aiming for the very top.

Baru is furious when her first diplomatic posting is to far-distant Aurdwynn. However, she finds a country on the brink of rebellion, usefully ripe for insurrection. Drawn into a circle of seditious aristocrats, Baru could trigger a revolution and bring the Empire to its knees. Balancing rival factions, she orchestrates a do-or-die gambit - with Aurdwynn's freedom as the prize. But her ultimate goal is still to save her own people. And her dream may cost more than she could ever imagine.

'Smart. Brutal. Gut-wrenching. You'll be captivated from the very first page' Kameron Hurley

'A fascinating tale of political intrigue and national unrest' Washington Post

'Heart-stopping and utterly harrowing' Independent

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Verlag
Tor
Erscheinungsdatum
2016
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1447281187
ISBN 13 
9781447281184
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Anzahl der Seiten
401
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