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Play of shadows / Sebastien de Castell.
Damelas Shademantaigne picked a poor night to flee a judicial duel. He has precious little hope of escaping the wrath of the Vixen, the most feared duellist in the entire city, until he stumbles through the stage doors of the magnificent Operato Belleza and tricks his way into the company of actors. An archaic law provides a temporary respite from his troubles -- until one night a ghostly voice in his head causes Damelas to fumble his lines, inadvertently blurting out a dreadful truth: the city's most legendary hero may actually be a traitor and a brutal murderer.
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- ISBN: 9781787471474 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 482 pages ; 25 cm.
- Publisher: London : Jo Fletcher Books, 2024.
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| Genre: | Fantasy fiction. Novels. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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- Baker & Taylor
"Swordplay, intrigue and friendships stonger than iron will sweep you up in a journey of swashbuckling fantasy in this first volume of the new Greatcoats series by bestselling author Sebastien de Castell. Damelas Chademantaigne is many things: a failed actor, a hopeless idealist and quite possibly the worst swordsman ever born! When his reckless attempt to rescue his grandfather from a duel pits him against the notorious fencer known as the Vixen, Damelas escapes by sneaking into the legendary Operato Belleza where the city's sacred historical plays are performed. But the stage soon becomes a dangerous battleground as Damelas finds himself inexplicably channeling the spirit of the infamous murderer Archduke Corbier and revealing long-buried secrets that could spark a rebellion. With half the city -- not to mention the Vixen -- plotting his death, Damelas must master his unusual abilities and solve a hundred-year-old mystery before a shadowy cabal sets his city aflame and puts his fellow actors to thesword." - (dust jacket) - Grand Central PubSwordplay, magic, intrigue and friendships stronger than iron: the first book in a new swashbuckling fantasy series by the bestselling author of The Greatcoats.Damelas Shademantaigne picked a poor night to flee a judicial duel.He has precious little hope of escaping the wrath of Vixen, the most feared duelist in the entire city, until he stumbles through the stage doors of the magnificent Operato Belleza and tricks his way into the company of actors. An archaic law provides temporary respite from his troubles--until one night a ghostly voice in his head causes Damelas to fumble his lines, inadvertently blurting out the dreadful truth: the city's most legendary hero may actually be a traitor and a brutal murderer.With only the help of his boisterous and lusty friend Bereto, a beautiful assassin whose target may well be Damelas himself, and a company of misfit actor who'd just as soon see him dead, this failed son of two Greatcoats must somehow find the courage within himself to dig up long-buried truths before a ruthless band of bravos known as the Iron Orchids comes for his head.Oh, and there's the that matter of the Vixen waiting to duel him...
