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Event
Evelyn Skye in conversation with Sabaa Tahir
Presented by Peninsula Arts & Letters and Kepler's Books
Tuesday, May 17, 2016 7:00pm
Kepler's Books 1010 El Camino Real Menlo Park, CA 94025
"The Crown's Game"
The wait is over! We're thrilled to invite you to THE launch party of the year. Join us to celebrate Evelyn Skye's debut novel, The Crown's Game.
Utterly enchanting. The true wizardry is in the atmosphereSkye crafts a Russia of magic and elegance, depicting St. Petersburg in such a breath-taking way that youll swear youre standing on the banks of the Neva and dancing through the halls of the Winter Palace. (Sara Raasch, author of the Snow LIke Ashes trilogy)
Think The Night Circus meets Cinderella in an alternate Russia. This extraordinary world has everything from insanely creative acts of magic, political intrigue, hope against all odds, romance, and oh-such-high-stakes-non-stop action. It is hands-down honest-to-goodness brilliant.
Vika Andreyeva can summon the snow and turn ash into gold. Nikolai Karimov can see through walls and conjure bridges out of thin air. They are enchantersthe only two in Russiaand with the Ottoman Empire and the Kazakhs threatening, the tsar needs a powerful enchanter by his side. And so he initiates the Crowns Game, an ancient duel of magical skillthe greatest test an enchanter will ever know. The victor becomes the Imperial Enchanter and the tsars most respected adviser. The defeated is sentenced to death.
Raised on tiny Ovchinin Island her whole life, Vika is eager for the chance to show off her talent in the grand capital of Saint Petersburg. But can she kill another enchantereven when his magic calls to her like nothing else ever has? For Nikolai, an orphan, the Crowns Game is the chance of a lifetime. But his deadly opponent is a force to be reckoned withbeautiful, whip smart, imaginativeand he cant stop thinking about her. And when Pasha, Nikolais best friend and heir to the throne, also starts to fall for the mysterious enchantress, Nikolai must defeat the girl they both love . . . or be killed himself.
As long-buried secrets emerge, threatening the future of the empire, it becomes dangerously clear . . . the Crowns Game is not one to lose.
Evelyn will be in conversation with Sabaa Tahir, author of An Ember in the Ashes of which MTV.com says A setting inspired by ancient Rome; a fierce battle for freedom in the face of tyranny; and a villain who makes Cersei Lannister and Dolores Umbridge look like a pair of pathetic amateurs...An Ember in the Ashes is at the top of our must-read list for 2015.
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LocationKepler's Books (View)
1010 El Camino Real
Menlo Park, CA 94025
United States
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