The Memory of Babel

It has been almost three years since Thorn disappeared. Encouraged by revelations from Farouk’s Book, our feisty heroine Orphelia decides to act—and continue to challenge authority in her quest for truth and freedom. Under a false identity, she travels to the ark of Babel, a joyful, modern and cosmopolitan territory. Hidden in the heart of Babel is an elusive secret, the key to the past and to an uncertain future. Will Ophelia’s talents as a reader be enough to avoid the traps of her increasingly formidable enemies? Does she have the slightest chance of finding Thorn again?

The Memory of Babel is the captivating third volume in Christelle Dabos’s hugely popular Mirror Visitor series, and ends on another almighty cliffhanger, before the final volume, due next year.


Christelle Dabos was born on the Côte d’Azur in 1980 and grew up in a home filled with classical music and games. Her love of fantasy began with the Harry Potter series and she is part of a new generation of young fantasy writers. A Winter’s Promise, Book One in her debut series, The Mirror Visitor, won the Gallimard Jeunesse-RTL-Télérama First Novel Competition, as well as the Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire and is an international success. She now lives in Belgium.

‘Endlessly fascinating and addictive.' Chicago Review of Books

‘A Winter’s Promise is the kind of book that you simply can’t put down once you pick it up. Dabos has crafted something truly exquisite here – a story so rich and intricate, so full of magic and wonder that it draws you in and spellbinds you immediately.’ CBCA Reading Time on A Winter's Promise

‘Rife with politics and magic, this immersive read introduces readers to a new richly imagined fantasy epic.’ Readings Best YA Books of 2018, A Winter's Promise