Description
Armistice returns to Donnelly's ravishing 1930s Art Deco-tinged fantasy world of the Nebula and Lambda Award-nominated Amberlough with a decadent, tumultuous mixture of sex, politics, and spies
"A hefty novel full of fascinating characters exploring oversized topics such as sexuality, music, culture, fascism, nationalism, class wars, revolution and love." --Shelf Awareness In a tropical country where shadowy political affairs lurk behind the scenes of its glamorous film industry, three people maneuver inside a high stakes game of statecraft and espionage: Lillian, a reluctant diplomat serving a fascist nation, Aristide, an expatriate film director running from lost love and a criminal past, --and Cordelia, a former cabaret stripper turned legendary revolutionary. Each one harbors dangerous knowledge that can upturn a nation. When their fates collide, machinations are put into play, unexpected alliances are built, and long-held secrets are exposed. Everything is barreling towards an international revolt...and only the wiliest ones will be prepared for what comes next. For Amberlough: "James Bond by way of Oscar Wilde."--Holly Black "Astonishing " --World Fantasy Award-winning author Ellen Kushner "Beautiful, all too real, and full of pain. Read it. It will change you." --Hugo Award-winning author Mary Robinette KowalAuthor: Lara Elena Donnelly
Publisher: Tor Books
Published: 05/15/2018
Pages: 400
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.30w x 1.10d
ISBN13: 9781250173560
ISBN10: 1250173566
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Fantasy | Historical
- Fiction | Romance | LGBTQ+ | Gay
- Fiction | Thrillers | Espionage
About the Author
LARA ELENA DONNELLY is a graduate of the Clarion Writers' Workshop, as well as the Alpha SF/F/H Workshop for Young Writers, where she now volunteers as on-site staff and publicity coordinator. In her meager spare time she cooks, draws, sings, and swing dances. After an idyllic, small-town Ohio childhood, she spent time in Louisville, Kentucky. She currently resides in Harlem, in a tower named after Ella Fitzgerald.
Lara is the author of Amberlough and Armistice.This title is not returnable