And I Darken by Kiersten White

And I Darken by Kiersten White

The New York Times Bestseller

Absolutely riveting. --Alexandra Bracken, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Passenger

This vividly rendered novel reads like HBO's Game of Thrones . . . if it were set in the Ottoman Empire. Ambitious in scope and intimate in execution, the story's atmospheric setting is rife with political intrigue, with a deftly plotted narrative driven by fiercely passionate characters and a fearsome heroine. Fans of Victoria Aveyard's THE RED QUEEN and Sabaa Tahir's AN EMBER IN THE ASHES won't want to miss this visceral, immersive, and mesmerizing novel, the first in the And I Darken series.

NO ONE EXPECTS A PRINCESS TO BE BRUTAL. And Lada Dragwlya likes it that way. Ever since she and her gentle younger brother, Radu, were wrenched from their homeland of Wallachia and abandoned by their father to be raised in the Ottoman courts, Lada has known that being ruthless is the key to survival. She and Radu are doomed to act as pawns in a vicious game, an unseen sword hovering over their every move. For the lineage that makes them special also makes them targets.

Lada despises the Ottomans and bides her time, planning her vengeance for the day when she can return to Wallachia and claim her birthright. Radu longs only for a place where he feels safe. And when they meet Mehmed, the defiant and lonely son of the sultan, who's expected to rule a nation, Radu feels that he's made a true friend--and Lada wonders if she's finally found someone worthy of her passion.

But Mehmed is heir to the very empire that Lada has sworn to fight against--and that Radu now considers home. Together, Lada, Radu, and Mehmed form a toxic triangle that strains the bonds of love and loyalty to the breaking point.

From New York Times bestselling author Kiersten White comes the first book in a dark, sweeping new series in which heads will roll, bodies will be impaled . . . and hearts will be broken.

A dark and twisty fantasy . . . think Game of Thrones, but with teens.--Seventeen

Sinister, suspenseful, and unapologetically feminist.--Buzzfeed

Will completely spin you into another time and place.--Bustle

Takes no prisoners, offering up brutal, emotional historical fiction.--NPR.org

An ALA Rainbow List Top Ten Selection

White married Laureate May O'Hara on June 25, 1955. He worked as a medical missionary for New Tribes Mission from 1955 to 1964. White then became associate general secretary of the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students of Latin America. White where his family immigrated to Canada in 1965, and he completed his psychiatry residency in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He then became an assistant professor of psychiatry at the University of Manitoba, as well as the pastor of the Church of the Way in Winnipeg. He published 25 books, as well as several papers and study guides. He was a sought-after speaker who spoke at churches, conferences, and leadership events all over the world. White eventually went to Vancouver, British Columbia, where he assisted in the building of a Vineyard church (Surrey Vineyard) and became involved in the larger Vineyard Christian Fellowship. White died in 2002, but his written ministry lives on with over 1.5 million copies of his books in print.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9780553522310
ISBN 10	0553522310
Title	And I Darken
Author	Kiersten White
Series	And I Darken
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	2016-06-28
Number of pages	496
Prizes	Nominated for Oklahoma Sequoyah Children's Book Award 2017, Nominated for TAYSHAS Reading List 2017
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.