Idolfire
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- $16.99
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- $16.99
Publisher Description
An epic sapphic fantasy roadtrip inspired by the fall of Rome, from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Frontier and Floating Hotel
On one side of the world, Aleya Ana-Ulai is desperate for a chance. Her family have written her off as a mistake, but she's determined to prove every last one of them wrong.
On the other, Kirby of Wall's End is searching for redemption. An ancient curse tore her life apart, but to fix it, she'll have to leave everything behind.
Fate sets them both on the path to Nivela, a city once poised to conquer the world with the power of a thousand stolen gods. Now the gates are closed and the old magic slumbers. Dead — or waiting for a spark to light it anew…
A character-driven science-fantasy road trip book with sword fights and a slowburn romance, Idolfire delves into the vastness of history and the terrifying power of organized faith.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
An unlikely trio embarks on an epic journey in this captivating fantasy from Curtis (The Floating Hotel). After Kirby's modest vision of a comfortable future is shattered by disease and destruction, she sets out from her dying village to reclaim the local goddess's idol from Nivela, the distant seat of the now defunct conquering empire. Meanwhile, cosmopolitan Aleya has been a thorn in her royal family's side her whole life and now they're carting her off to Nivela, where she hopes to prove her worth. The path of Nylophon of Carthe, a young mercenary commander, collides and intertwines with Kirby's and Aleya's by pure chance. Acquaintances become lovers and enemies become companions as the three grapple their way across a magically infused analogue of the Late Roman Empire. This fantastical travelogue provides the ideal showcase for the nuanced world Curtis builds, and the characters are appealing, if archetypical. Most striking is the magic system, in which power is wrought from objects that are foci of strong belief. Readers looking for a sure-handed, page-turning historical saga will be thoroughly sucked in.
