Gilded Cage by Vic James

Gilded Cage by Vic James

MAGIC RULES. WE SERVE.

In a darkly fantastical debut set in modern-day Britain, magic users control everything: wealth, politics, power--and you. If you're not one of the ultimate one-percenters--the magical elite--you owe them ten years of service. Do those years when you're old, and you'll never get through them. Do them young, and you'll never get over them.

This is the darkly decadent world of Gilded Cage. In its glittering milieu move the all-powerful Jardines and the everyday Hadleys. The families have only one thing in common: Each has three children. But their destinies entwine when one family enters the service of the other. They will all discover whether any magic is more powerful than the human spirit.

Have a quick ten years. . . .

Praise for Gilded Cage

Beautifully characterised and compellingly plotted, Gilded Cage is an impressive debut.--The Guardian

Exquisitely wicked . . . a lavishly opulent, yet brutally vivid, alternate England which subtly questions modern beliefs . . . If ever there was a speculative fiction book that captured the zeitgeist of an era this is it.--SFFWorld

An alternate modern-day England where enticing drama and social unrest mix with aristocratic scandal and glamorous magic . . . conjuring up the specters of Les Mis rables and Downton Abbey . . . an absorbing first installment that presages an intriguing new fantasy series.--Kirkus Reviews

Gilded Cage is a heart-pounding combination of dark magic, political revolution, and forbidden romance that had me addicted from the first page --Danielle L. Jensen, USA Today bestselling author of The Malediction Trilogy

Devious and deliciously dark with lashings of magic, mystery, and mayhem, this juggernaut of a book will keep you hanging on by your fingernails until the very last page.--Taran Matharu, New York Times bestselling author of the Summoner series

A dark and intriguing vision of an alternate, magic-drenched Britain, Gilded Cage kept me up long into the night.--Aliette de Bodard, author of The House of Shattered Wings

Brisk plotting, sympathetic characters, and plenty of intrigue will keep readers on the edges of their seats, eager for the next book in a very promising series.--Publishers Weekly (starred review)

Vic James is the author of Gilded Cage, an early draft of which won a major online award from Wattpad for most-talked-about fantasy. A current-affairs TV director who loves stories in all their forms, she has covered the 2016 U.S. presidential election and Britain's EU referendum for BBC1 and has twice judged The Guardian's Not the Booker Prize. She has lived in Rome and Tokyo, and currently lives in London.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9780425284155
ISBN 10	0425284158
Title	Gilded Cage
Author	Vic James
Series	Dark Gifts
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Del Rey Books
Year published	2017-02-14
Number of pages	368
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.