Monsters Of Verity Tome 1 This Savage Song

As the heirs to opposing sides in a warring city, Kate Harker and August Flynn should never have met, but instead find themselves having to choose between friendship and enmity at the risk of their city's future.

Elle est humaine et se rêve en monstre, lui est un monstre qui se rêve humain La capitale de Verity étouffe, saturée de crimes toujours plus violents. Pire encore, ce mal terrible a commencé à s'incarner dans le monde réel : à chaque nouvelle horreur naît un monstre qui, à son tour, terrorise la population. D'un côté, les Corsai, qui grouillent dans le noir pour dévorer leur proie, de l'autre, les Malchai qui boivent le sang de leur victime au grand jour. Peu à peu, la résistance s'est organisée... Au nord, le cruel Callum Harker règne en maître, ne protégeant les habitants que contre rémunération. Au sud, Henry Flynn a choisi une tactique bien différente. Avec sa femme Emily, il a adopté comme ses propres enfants trois des abominations, trois Sunai – des créatures d'apparence humaine qui utilisent la musique pour dévorer l'âme de leurs adversaires. À la demande de ses parents, August élimine donc sans broncher les monstres comme les criminels qui les ont engendrés, mais il brûle de faire plus pour libérer le monde de cette malédiction. Alors, lorsqu'il a l'occasion de surveiller d'un peu plus près Kate Harker, la fille de leur ennemi juré, il saute sur cette chance et accepte d'intégrer l'établissement huppé où elle a été envoyée, l'académie Colton. Mais la jeune fille ne tarde pas à découvrir son secret : s'il a tout d'un adolescent, il est en fait un prédateur assoiffé de vies humaines... Elle est humaine et se rêve en monstre, lui est un monstre qui se rêve humain. Mensonges et dissimulation, dilemmes moraux d'une grande cruauté, système magique fascinant fondé sur la musique... Ce roman sombre et vénéneux porte la patte unique de V. E. Schwab, l'autrice prodige de Shades of Magic et La Vie invisible d'Addie Larue.

Kate Harker and August Flynn's families rule opposite ends of Verity, a grisly metropolis where violent acts summon real monsters: bloodsucking Malchai; clawing Corsai; and soul-stealing Sunai. The truce that keeps the Families at peace is crumbling, and August is sent to spy on Kate. But when Harker's men try to kill her and pin it on the Flynns, August and Kate find themselves running from both sides, in a city where monsters are real.

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Age range 12 to 17 Imagine a place where the dead rest on shelves like books. Each body has a story to tell, a life seen in pictures only Librarians can read. The dead are called Histories, and the vast realm in which they rest is the Archive. Mackenzie Bishop's grandfather first brought her here four years ago, when she was twelve years old, frightened but determined to prove herself. Now her grandfather is dead, and Mac has grown into what he once was: a ruthless Keeper, tasked with stopping often violent Histories from waking up and getting out. Because of her job, she lies to the people she loves, and she knows fear for what it is: a useful tool for staying alive. Follow Mackenzie as she explores the boundary between living and dying, sleeping and waking, through these two timeless novels, now bound together in this thrilling collection. With stunning prose and a captivating mixture of action, romance, and horror, The Dark Vault delves into a richly imagined world where no choice is easy and love and loss feel like two sides of the same coin.