A Winter's Promise by Christelle Dabos

A Winter's Promise by Christelle Dabos

Amazon Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy Book of 2018

One of Entertainment Weekly's 10 Best YA Books of 2018

One of Publishers Weekly's Best YA Book of the Year

A National Indie Bestseller

Longlisted for Irish YA prize Great Reads Award

Lose yourself in the fantastic world of the arks and in the company of unforgettable characters in this French runaway hit, Christelle Dabos' The Mirror Visitor quartet

Plain-spoken, headstrong Ophelia cares little about appearancesHer ability to read the past of objects is unmatched in all of Anima and, what's more, she possesses the ability to travel through mirrors, a skill passed down to her from previous generationsHer idyllic life is disrupted, however, when she is promised in marriage to Thorn, a taciturn and influential member of a distant clanOphelia must leave all she knows behind and follow her fianc to Citaceleste, the capital of a cold, icy ark known as the Pole, where danger lurks around every corner and nobody can be trustedThere, in the presence of her inscrutable future husband, Ophelia slowly realizes that she is a pawn in a political game that will have far-reaching ramifications not only for her but for her entire world

The World of the Arks

The planet was split into numerous floating celestial islands, now known as arks, long ago, following a calamity known as the Rupture. Over each, the ghost of an omnipotent and eternal ancestor abides.The residents of these arks each possess a unique power.Ophelia, with her ability to discern the pasts of objects, must navigate this bizarre, disconnected, deadly world utilizing her trademark persistence and