Collins Bridget - The Betrayals A Novel - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: International Bestseller! Dizzyingly wonderful a perfectly constructed work of fiction with audacious twists Collins plays her own game here with perfect skill. The Times (UK) An intricate and utterly spellbinding literary epic brimming with enchantment mystery and dark secrets from the highly acclaimed author of the #1 international bestseller The Binding. If your life was based on a lie would you risk it all to tell the truth? At Montverre an ancient and elite academy hidden high in the mountains society's best and brightest are trained for excellence in the grand jeu the great game an arcane and mysterious competition that combines music art math poetry and philosophy. L o Martin once excelled at Montverre but lost his passion for scholarly pursuits after a violent tragedy. He turned to politics instead and became a rising star in the ruling party until a small act of conscience cost him his career. Now he has been exiled back to Montverre his fate uncertain. But this rarified world of learning L o once loved is not the same place he remembers. Once the exclusive bastion of men Montverre's most prestigious post is now held by a woman: Claire Dryden also known as the Magister Ludi the head of the great game. At first L o feels an odd attraction to the magister a mysterious eerily familiar connection though he's sure they ve never met before. As the legendary Midsummer Game approaches the climax of the academy's year long - buried secrets rise to the surface and centuries - old traditions are shockingly overturned. A highly imaginative and intricately crafted literary epic The Betrayals confirms Bridget Collins as one of the most inventive and exquisite new voices in speculative fiction.
Title: The Betrayals A Novel
Author(s): Collins Bridget
Publisher: Harpercollins
Barcode: 9780062838148
Pages: 432 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 3/15/2022