Awards

• Winner of Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire 2016
• Winner of Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire 2016 (France)

Overview

Long ago, following a cataclysm called 'The Tear,' the world was shattered into many floating celestial islands. Known now as Arks, each has developed in distinct ways and at a different pace; each seems to possess its own unique relationship to time. Ophelia lives on Anima, an ark where objects have souls, with which Ophelia can communicate. When she is promised in marriage to Thorn, from the powerful Dragon clan, Ophelia must leave her family and follow her fiancee to the floating capital on the distant Ark of the Pole. Though she doesn't know it yet, she has become a pawn in a deadly plot.

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Praise for A Winter's Promise As mesmerizing as a waking dream, A WINTER'S PROMISE is certain to ensnare you in its unique, dizzyingly magical world of treachery, illusion, and intrigue. --Margaret Rogerson, author of An Enchantment of Ravens A fantastic epic, definitely, but also a coming-of-age novel, this first volume makes a strong impression. A novelist is born. --Le Figaro Today, The Mirror Visitor stands on the same shelf as Harry Potter. --Elle Christelle Dabos impresses in this first novel with the power of her imagination. The architect of a bewitching and complex world, she sustains it with a subtle sense of wonder and elegant, flowing language. From metaphor to metaphor, this addictive and charming novel is also a great coming-of-age story. --T l rama From the very first page, you are thrown into this universe, launched through one of Anima's mirrors, never to return. --20 Minutes Readers' passion for this series comes from the pleasure of walking up and down the world of the Arks, weightless floating islands that are ruled by family spirits and humans gifted with special powers. --Le Monde With surgical precision, Christelle Dabos has created a hybrid world between fantasy and the Belle poque. --MadmoiZelle

Praise for A Winter's Promise A fantastic epic, definitely, but also a coming-of-age novel, this first volume makes a strong impression. A novelist is born. --Le Figaro Today, The Mirror Visitor stands on the same shelf as Harry Potter. --Elle Christelle Dabos impresses in this first novel with the power of her imagination. The architect of a bewitching and complex world, she sustains it with a subtle sense of wonder and elegant, flowing language. From metaphor to metaphor, this addictive and charming novel is also a great coming-of-age story. --T�l�rama From the very first page, you are thrown into this universe, launched through one of Anima's mirrors, never to return. --20 Minutes Readers' passion for this series comes from the pleasure of walking up and down the world of the Arks, weightless floating islands that are ruled by family spirits and humans gifted with special powers. --Le Monde With surgical precision, Christelle Dabos has created a hybrid world between fantasy and the Belle �poque. --MadmoiZelle

Praise for A Winter's Promise A fantastic epic, definitely, but also a coming-of-age novel, this first volume makes a strong impression. A novelist is born. --Le Figaro Today, The Mirror Visitor stands on the same shelf as Harry Potter. --Elle Christelle Dabos impresses in this first novel with the power of her imagination. The architect of a bewitching and complex world, she supports it with a subtle sense of wonder and elegant, flowing language. From metaphor to metaphor, this addictive and charming novel is also a great coming-of-age story. --T�l�rama From the very first page, you are thrown into this universe, launched through one of Anima's mirrors, never to return. --20 Minutes Readers' passion for this series comes from the pleasure of walking up and down the world of the Arks, weightless floating islands that are ruled by family spirits and humans gifted with special powers. --Le Monde With surgical precision, Christelle Dabos has created a hybrid world between fantasy and the Belle �poque. --MadmoiZelle

Author Information

Christelle Dabos was born on the C te d'Azur in 1980 and grew up in a home filled with classical music and historical games. She now lives in Belgium. The Mirror Visitor, her debut series, won the Gallimard Jeunesse-RTL-T l rama First Novel Competition. Since graduating in French from Oxford University, Hildegarde Serle has worked in London as a newspaper subeditor, mainly on The Independent and The Sunday Telegraph. In 2011, she decided to combine her love of both English and French by doing the Chartered Institute of Linguists Diploma in Translation. Although she still lives in London, her heart still lives on the Quai aux Fleurs in Paris.

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