Ciannon Smart crée de la fiction pour jeunes adultes avec un penchant pour les héroïnes et les méchantes volontaires, rusées et imprévisibles. Ses histoires explorent souvent des thèmes qui fuient le banal, offrant aux lecteurs une évasion dans un monde peuplé de rebelles littéraires. Elle crée des personnages aussi têtus et rusés qu'elle-même, invitant les lecteurs à explorer les complexités du caractère. Le style de Smart est vivant et engageant, parfait pour ceux qui recherchent des sensations fortes et des rebondissements inattendus.
A twelve-year-old boy named Rayleigh embarks on an adventurous quest in a magical underworld beneath London after learning he is part monster and that his father, the Supreme Scarer, is missing. Throughout his journey, he confronts terrifying foes and grapples with his identity, ultimately seeking to understand what kind of monster he truly is while searching for his father.
The hotly anticipated finale to the epic, fierce and magnetically addictive Caribbean-inspired Witches Steeped in Gold. Bow down witches . . . Enemy witches Iraya and Jazmyne have each achieved their darkest desires. For the former, the doyenne who killed her family is dead. For the latter, the crown has been won. For both, their treacherous alliance is over - until a hidden evil rises from their last adversary's ashes, forcing them to join forces once more to defend Aiyca and their respective orders. Laying claim to the island of Iraya's birth right and the bloody crown Jazmyne wears, this mysterious assailant is rearing monsters in the name of war. A war neither Iraya or Jazmyne are prepared to fight. New alliances must be forged to protect Aiyca and once again the two witches must work together to defeat an enemy who threatens both their worlds. Who will be the one sitting on top of the throne in the end - Iraya, Jazmyne, or another? Two witches. One motive. And everything to fight for.
The first in a duology, an epic, fierce and magnetically addictive Caribbean-inspired YA fantasy from an incredible new talent.