Christelle Dabosová tvorí svety, ktoré sa vynárajú z fantázie, inšpirovaná hudbou a historickými hádankami. Jej písanie sa vyvinulo z úniku pred lekárskym zásahom do druhej prirodzenosti, kde skúma zložité svety a postavy. Vytvorila pútavú sériu, ktorá čitateľov zavedie na nezabudnuteľné cesty. Jej jedinečný štýl a schopnosť vytvárať živé svety z nej robia pozoruhodnú rozprávačku.
When her gift for reading the history of objects becomes known to all and she becomes implicated in a series of disappearances, Ophelia turns to her enigmatic fiancé, Thorn, for help.
Ophelia must rely on all her skills as a reader to stay ahead of her adversaries while on the ark of Babel, desperately longing for her betrothed, Thorn.
When Ophelia, who can travel through mirrors, is betrothed to an influential member of a faraway clan, she journeys to the towering city of Citaceleste, where she realizes she has become a pawn in a dangerous political game.
Ophelia and her husband Thorn arrive at the Deviations Observatory and must solve one mystery before their world may return to harmonious coexistence.
"A hallucinatory marriage of Pride and Prejudice and A Game of Thrones."--Matthew Skelton, author of the Endymion Spring books In this gripping finale to Christelle Dabos's international best-selling Mirror Visitor saga, Ophelia, the mirror-traveling heroine, and Thorn discover that the truth they have been seeking has always been hidden behind the mirror. Christelle Dabos takes us on a journey to the heart of a great game to which the all-too-human affairs of her book's protagonists are ominously connected. The distrust between them has been overcome and now Ophelia and Thorn love each other passionately. However, they must keep their love hidden. Only in this way can they continue their journeys toward an understanding of the indecipherable code of God and the truth behind the mysterious figure of the Other, whose devastating power continues to bring down entire pieces of arks, plunging thousands of innocents into the void. Ophelia and Thorn arrive at the observatory of the Deviations, an institute shrouded in absolute secrecy and overseen by a sect of mystical scientists who secretly conduct terrifying experiments. There, Ophelia and Thorn hope to discover truths that will halt the destruction and death and bring the world back into balance.
Set in a unique boarding school environment, this novel combines elements of dark academia with imaginative worldbuilding. It weaves a tale rich in mystery, drawing inspiration from Mexican Gothic and the secret societies reminiscent of Ninth House. Readers can expect a fresh twist on familiar themes, exploring the complexities of hidden worlds and the intrigue of elite societies.
Ophelia has just been appointed a lady-in-waiting at Farouk's court, and she thinks she is finally safe. But soon the girl receives anonymous letters with threats: if she does not cancel her wedding to Thorne, disaster will befall her. And she is not the only one receiving such threatening letters. Farooq entrusts Ophelia with the investigation, and she must act at the limits of her abilities to save her life and the lives of those close to her, in a world where she trusts no one, not even her own. to the common man Thorn.
Fast drei Jahre hat Ophelia Thorn nicht mehr gesehen. Nach seinem plötzlichen Verschwinden musste sie den Pol verlassen und nach Anima zurückkehren. Doch eines Tages macht sie sich heimlich auf den Weg zur Arche Babel, um mehr über Gott herauszufinden und sich auf die Suche nach Thorn zu begeben. In Babel angekommen, einer Arche mit strikten Vorschriften und argwöhnischen Bewohnern, die Robotern mehr gleichen als Menschen, muss Ophelia sich als »Lehrling« am Konservatorium der Guten Familie beweisen. Als in dem Secretarium der Arche eine Zensorin tot aufgefunden wird, die kurz vor ihrem Tod die Werke eines Kinderbuchautors verbrannt hat, erkennt Ophelia fassungslos, wie sehr sie selbst in diese tödliche Geschichte verstrickt ist. Auf einer Arche, die aus tausend Inseln besteht und wo Menschen mechanisch absurden Gesetzen folgen, muss sich Ophelia allein durch ein immer bedrohlicheres Geflecht aus Lügen kämpfen – und kommt auf ihrer Suche nach Thorn der »letzten Wahrheit« riskant nah.
