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A shadow bright and burning / Jessica Cluess

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Kingdom on fire series ; bk. 1Publisher: New York : Random House, 2016Edition: First editionDescription: 407 pages ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780553535907
  • 0553535900
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • [Fic] 23
Summary: Henrietta Howel can burst into flames. Forced to reveal her power to save a friend, she's shocked when instead of being executed, she's invited to train as one of Her Majesty's royal sorcerers. Thrust into the glamour of Victorian London, Henrietta is declared the chosen one, the girl who will defeat the Ancients, bloodthirsty demons terrorizing humanity. She also meets her fellow sorcerer trainees, handsome young men eager to test her power and her heart. One will challenge her. One will fight for her. One will betray her. But Henrietta Howel is not the chosen one. As she plays a dangerous game of deception, she discovers that the sorcerers have their own secrets to protect. With battle looming, what does it mean to not be the one? And how much will she risk to save the city—and the one she loves?
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Book Fredonia Public Library Young Adult SciFi / Fantasy Fredonia Public Library Adult Books YA SF Clu #1-Kin (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 35300000228547
Book Garnett Public Library Young Adult Fiction Garnett Public Library Adult Books YA Cluess, Jessica (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 35303000217197
Book Independence Public Library Young Adult Fiction Independence Public Library Adult Books YA FANT CLUE KING 1 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 36123001589934

Henrietta Howel can burst into flames.
Forced to reveal her power to save a friend, she's shocked when instead of being executed, she's invited to train as one of Her Majesty's royal sorcerers.

Thrust into the glamour of Victorian London, Henrietta is declared the chosen one, the girl who will defeat the Ancients, bloodthirsty demons terrorizing humanity. She also meets her fellow sorcerer trainees, handsome young men eager to test her power and her heart. One will challenge her. One will fight for her. One will betray her.

But Henrietta Howel is not the chosen one.
As she plays a dangerous game of deception, she discovers that the sorcerers have their own secrets to protect. With battle looming, what does it mean to not be the one? And how much will she risk to save the city—and the one she loves?

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