Now I rise /
Material type: TextPublication details: London : Corgi Books, 2017Description: 470 pages : map (black and white) ; 20 cmContent type: text | cartographic image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780552573757 (pbk.) :Genre/Form: Fantasy fiction. | Young adult fiction. | Older Teenage Fiction. | Fantasy/Magic. DDC classification: 813.6 Summary: Lada Dracul has no allies and no throne. After failing to seize the crown she believes is hers, Lada is out to punish anyone who dares to cross her. Filled with a white-hot rage, she storms the countryside terrorising the land. But brute force isn't getting her what she wants. And thinking of Mehmed, the sultan she might have been in love with, brings little comfort to her thorny heart. She left him before he could leave her. Lada needs her brother Radu's subtlety and skill. But Mehmed has sent him to Constantinople as his reluctant spy. Radu longs for his sister's fierce confidence but for the first time in his life, he rejects her unexpected plea for help. Torn between loyalties to faith, to the Ottomans, and to Mehmed, he knows he owes Lada nothing. If she dies, he could never forgive himself, but if he fails in Constantinople, will Mehmed ever forgive him?Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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F .W566 2012 The other life / | F .W568 1989 Sexing the cherry | F .W585 2016 And I darken / | F .W585 2017 Now I rise / | F .W585 2018 Bright we burn / | F .W592 2016 The Underground Railroad / | F .W592 2019 The nickel boys / |
Originally published: New York: Delacorte Press.
"The second episode in the Conqueror's Saga"--Back cover.
Lada Dracul has no allies and no throne. After failing to seize the crown she believes is hers, Lada is out to punish anyone who dares to cross her. Filled with a white-hot rage, she storms the countryside terrorising the land. But brute force isn't getting her what she wants. And thinking of Mehmed, the sultan she might have been in love with, brings little comfort to her thorny heart. She left him before he could leave her. Lada needs her brother Radu's subtlety and skill. But Mehmed has sent him to Constantinople as his reluctant spy. Radu longs for his sister's fierce confidence but for the first time in his life, he rejects her unexpected plea for help. Torn between loyalties to faith, to the Ottomans, and to Mehmed, he knows he owes Lada nothing. If she dies, he could never forgive himself, but if he fails in Constantinople, will Mehmed ever forgive him?