Description
The only life Mae has ever known is on the island, living on the charity of the wealthy Prosper family who control the magic on the island and the spirits who inhabit it. Mae longs for magic of her own and to have a place among the Prosper family, where her best friend, Coco, will see her as an equal, and her crush, Miles, will finally see her. Now that shes eighteen, Mae knows her time with the Prospers may soon come to an end.
But tonight is First Night, when the Prospers and their high-society friends return to the island to celebrate the night Lord Prosper first harnessed the islands magic and started producing aether a magical fuel source that has revolutionized the world. With everyone returning to the island, Mae finally has the chance to go after what shes always wanted.
When the spirits start inexplicably dying, Mae starts to realize that things arent what they seem. And Ivo, the reclusive, mysterious heir to the Prosper magic, may hold all the answersincluding a secret about Maes past that she doesnt remember. As Mae and her friends begin to unravel the mysteries of the island, and the Prospers magic, Mae starts to question the truth of what her world was built on.
In this YA fantasy, Samantha Cohoe wonderfully mixes magic and an atmospheric historical setting into a fantastically immersive world, with characters you wont be able to forget.
Author Information
Samantha Cohoe writes historically-inspired young adult fantasy. She was raised in San Luis Obispo, California, where she enjoyed an idyllic childhood of beach trips, omnivorous reading, and writing stories brimming with adverbs. She currently lives in Denver with her family and divides her time among teaching Latin, mothering, writing, reading, and deleting adverbs. A Golden Fury is her debut novel.
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