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Title details for The Missing of Clairdelune by Christelle Dabos - Available

The Missing of Clairdelune

by Christelle Dabos
Emma Fenney
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When our heroine Ophelia is promoted to Vice-storyteller by Farouk, the ancestral Spirit of Pole, she finds herself unexpectedly thrust into the public spotlight and her special gift is revealed to all. She knows how to read the secret history of objects, and there could be no greater threat to the nefarious denizens of her icy adopted home than this. Beneath the golden rafters of Pole's capital, Citaceleste, she discovers that the only person she may be able to trust is Thorn, her enigmatic fiancé. As one after another influential courtier disappears, Ophelia again finds herself unintentionally implicated in an investigation that will lead her to see beyond Pole's many illusions to the heart of the formidable truth.

  • Creators

  • Series

    Mirror Visitor Quartet

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    July 1, 2019

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781666572797
      • File size: 461253 KB
      • Duration: 16:00:56

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Narrator Emma Fenney embodies a rich cast of characters in the second volume of French author Dabos's Mirror Visitor Quartet. We rejoin determined and curious Ophelia, voiced with crisp enunciation by Fenney, as she awaits a political marriage to the gruff and fast-talking Thorn. Surrounded by strangers to whom Fenney brings a plethora of accents and tones, Ophelia must investigate the disappearances of several high-ranking courtiers while attempting to solve the mysteries of her own inscrutable betrothal. The myriad accents and varied pacing of some characters' speech can sound initially jarring, but the distinct voices soon resolve into a lushly developed cast of personalities. H.C. © AudioFile 2019, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      May 13, 2019
      Dabos’s follow-up to A Winter’s Promise finds protagonist Ophelia—a mirror-hopper who can divine objects’ histories via touch—still on an interplanetary shard called the Pole. She is awaiting her arranged marriage to Thorn, after which the couple will inherit each other’s abilities. Thorn hopes that combining his phenomenal memory with Ophelia’s gift will help him “read” an ancient, untranslatable book that has captured the interest of the Pole’s ancestral spirit, Farouk, who has the power to revoke Thorn’s bastard status and grant him nobility. Duplicitous aristocrats already consider Ophelia a threat, forcing her to join Farouk’s court in exchange for protection, but the impending wedding triggers anonymous death threats demanding a breakup. Meanwhile, guests of the Pole’s impenetrable embassy, Clairdelune, start vanishing, while mysterious flashbacks explore the genesis of Earth’s planetary shards and their ruling immortal Spirits. Escalating stakes ratchet tension while a somewhat leisurely pace allows readers to savor Dabos’s spectacular settings, exquisitely rendered characters, and the ever-evolving relationships that bind them. Ages 14–up.

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  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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  • English

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