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Laini Taylor
Daughter of Smoke and Bone

Laini Taylor
Daughter of Smoke and Bone

2020 | Nakladatelství Bohemian Ventures, spol. s r.o.

The 10th anniversary edition of the first in Laini Taylor's breathtaking fantasy trilogy'Remarkable and beautifully written . . . The opening volume of a truly original trilogy.' GUARDIANErrand requiring immediate attention. Come.The note was on vellum, pierced by the talons of the almost-crow that delivered it. Karou …read the message. 'He never says please', she sighed, but she gathered up her things.When Brimstone called, she always came.In general, Karou has managed to keep her two lives in balance. On the one hand, she's a seventeen-year-old art student in Prague; on the other, errand-girl to a monstrous creature who is the closest thing she has to family. Raised half in our world, half in 'Elsewhere', she has never understood Brimstone's dark work - buying teeth from hunters and murderers - nor how she came into his keeping. She is a secret even to herself, plagued by the sensation that she isn't whole.Now the doors to Elsewhere are closing, and Karou must choose between the safety of her human life and the dangers of a war-ravaged world that may hold the answers she has always sought. The 10th anniversary edition of the first in Laini Taylor's breathtaking fantasy trilogy'Remarkable and beautifully written . . . The opening volume of a truly original trilogy.' GUARDIANErrand requir…ing immediate attention. Come.The note was on vellum, pierced by the talons of the almost-crow that delivered it. Karou read the message. 'He never says please', she sighed, but she gathered up her things.When Brimstone called, she always came.In general, Karou has managed to keep her two lives in balance. On the one hand, she's a seventeen-year-old art student in Prague; on the other, errand-girl to a monstrous creature who is the closest thing she has to family. Raised half in our world, half in 'Elsewhere', she has never understood Brimstone's dark work - buying teeth from hunters and murderers - nor how she came into his keeping. She is a secret even to herself, plagued by the sensation that she isn't whole.Now the doors to Elsewhere are closing, and Karou must choose between the safety of her human life and the dangers of a war-ravaged world that may hold the answers she has always sought.

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O knize

Stav:	Nová
Vazba:	Brožovaná
Počet stran:	427
Jazyk:	anglicky
ISBN10:	1529353963
ISBN:	9781529353969
Vydání:	1
Vystaveno:	29. 8. 2025 11:40
Číslo položky:	1365656

O autorovi

Laini Taylor

Laini Taylorová je americká autorka fantasy pro dospívající mládež . Narodila se v Kalifornii, vyrostla jako vojenské dítě v Evropě a Kalifornii, vystudovala angličtinu na UC Berkeley. Nyní žije s manželem a dcerou v Portlandu v Oregonu. Vždycky chtěla být spisovatelkou, ale než dokončila svou první novelu, bylo jí 35. V roce 2004 napsala grafickou novelu ilustrovanou jejím manželem, kterým je Jim Di Bartolo. První novelka jí vyšla v roce 2007. V roce 2011 vydala knhu Dcera kostí a dýmu, kterou Amazon označil za Nejlepší Teen knihu roku 2011. Od té doby vydala řadu dalších knih.

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