A Fate So Cold
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- USD 11.99
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- USD 11.99
Publisher Description
TWO CHOSEN ONES WITH ONE CHOICE: THE WORLD OR EACH OTHER
A Fate So Cold is the first of a new blockbuster duology from the New York Times bestselling authors of All of Us Villains, Amanda Foody & C. L. Herman.
For most of the year, Summer reigns peacefully over Alderland. Then, for six brutal weeks, Winter rages, obliterating towns and wreaking casualties. Magicians bond with powerful wands of Summer to defend the nation, a duty that costs many their lives.
Domenic Barrow never wanted such responsibility—but destiny hasn’t granted him a choice. The greatest Summer wand has awakened for the first time in a century, warning that an icy cataclysm looms on the horizon. And despite his reputation as the least suited of his classmates, the wand Chooses Domenic to wield it.
Ellery Caldwell spent years striving to be a perfect Summer magician—and burying her fears of her own power. But her worst suspicions are proven true when she accidentally creates the first ever Winter wand.
Now, as the unprecedented Chosen Two, Domenic and Ellery must thwart the oncoming cataclysm together. And in trying to fulfill their destinies, they wonder if they were brought together for a second fate: to fall in love.
Until they discover the unthinkable truth. The Chosen Two aren’t fated allies, but eternal rivals, and the only way to save their home is for one of them to slay the other.
This is no love story. It's a tragedy.
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To protect their kingdom from a deadly six-week-long Winter, two teen magicians rail against a Chosen One prophecy in this sizzling romantasy by previous collaborators Foody and Herman (All of Our Demise). Eighteen-year-old magicians Dom and Ellery must bond with a Living Wand—powerful artifacts that grant their chosen wielders access to high-level magic—if they hope to help protect Alderland against the devastating forces of the encroaching Winter. When Valmordion—the most feared Living Wand—awakens and bonds with Dom, the teen assumes the role of Alderland's Chosen One, destined to subdue the Winter cataclysm like Valmordion's wielders before him. Simultaneously, Ellery taps into an ancient Winter magic and inadvertently creates a Winter wand. Though Dom and Ellery are happy to team up against the Winter storms, the rest of Alderland is leery of Ellery's mysterious Winter magic, especially as the cataclysm's progression proves stronger and stranger than previous iterations. As attraction blossoms between the duo and disaster looms, they realize that the truth behind Winter—and their roles in defeating it—goes deeper than they anticipated. Via an assiduously detailed, lived-in world and fresh, unique magic system, the creators revitalize genre-typical tropes. Scintillating romance, stimulating action, and invigorating mystery elements ensure there's something for everyone in this exhilarating offering. Main characters cue as white. Ages 13–up. Agents: (for Foody) Whitney Ross, High Line Literary; (for Herman) Kelly Sonnack, Andrea Brown Literary.
