Strange the Dreamer
On sale
28th March 2017
Price: £49.99
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Praise for Laini Taylor’s DREAMS OF GODS AND MONSTERS:
‘GRIPPING PAGE-TURNER’ Marie Claire
‘THRILLING’ Glamour
‘GRIPS LIKE A MAGICAL VICE’ Daily Mail
‘UNMISSABLE’ Fabulous Magazine, Sun on Sunday
The dream chooses the dreamer, not the other way around – and Lazlo Strange, war orphan and junior librarian, has always feared that his dream chose poorly. Since he was five years old he’s been obsessed with the mythic lost city of Weep, but it would take someone bolder than he to cross half the world in search of it. Then a stunning opportunity presents itself, in the person of a hero called the Godslayer and a band of legendary warriors, and he has to seize his chance to lose his dream forever.
What happened in Weep two hundred years ago to cut it off from the rest of the world? What exactly did the Godslayer slay that went by the name of god? And what is the mysterious problem he now seeks help in solving?
The answers await in Weep, but so do more mysteries – including the blue-skinned goddess who appears in Lazlo’s dreams. How did he dream her before he knew she existed? And if all the gods are dead, why does she seem so real?
In this sweeping and breathtaking new novel by National Book Award finalist Laini Taylor, author of the New York Times bestselling Daughter of Smoke & Bone trilogy, the shadow of the past is as real as the ghosts who haunt the citadel of murdered gods. Fall into a mythical world of dread and wonder, moths and nightmares, love and carnage.
***PREPARE TO BE MESMERISED BY THIS UNPUTDOWNABLE NOVEL***
Praise for Laini Taylor’s DREAMS OF GODS AND MONSTERS:
‘GRIPPING PAGE-TURNER’ Marie Claire
‘THRILLING’ Glamour
‘GRIPS LIKE A MAGICAL VICE’ Daily Mail
‘UNMISSABLE’ Fabulous Magazine, Sun on Sunday
The dream chooses the dreamer, not the other way around – and Lazlo Strange, war orphan and junior librarian, has always feared that his dream chose poorly. Since he was five years old he’s been obsessed with the mythic lost city of Weep, but it would take someone bolder than he to cross half the world in search of it. Then a stunning opportunity presents itself, in the person of a hero called the Godslayer and a band of legendary warriors, and he has to seize his chance to lose his dream forever.
What happened in Weep two hundred years ago to cut it off from the rest of the world? What exactly did the Godslayer slay that went by the name of god? And what is the mysterious problem he now seeks help in solving?
The answers await in Weep, but so do more mysteries – including the blue-skinned goddess who appears in Lazlo’s dreams. How did he dream her before he knew she existed? And if all the gods are dead, why does she seem so real?
In this sweeping and breathtaking new novel by National Book Award finalist Laini Taylor, author of the New York Times bestselling Daughter of Smoke & Bone trilogy, the shadow of the past is as real as the ghosts who haunt the citadel of murdered gods. Fall into a mythical world of dread and wonder, moths and nightmares, love and carnage.
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Reviews
Part adventure novel, part romance and part exercise in epic myth-building, it's gorgeously written and full of surprises
I read Days of Blood and Starlight by Laini Taylor . . . I'm all fired up about it. Thank you, Ms. Taylor, for a thrilling couple of days. I am in your debt. (Warning readers: this is one of those series that will have you tearing at your hair and gnashing your teeth waiting for the next installment. Be prepared.)
This is Romeo and Juliet on a sprawling fantasy stage.
Fantasy and romance combine. . . If you've ever wondered what would happen if an angel and a devil fell in love, you're about to find out.
Pulls you into its dreaming world and makes it hard to leave.
Lovers of intricate worldbuilding and feverish romance will find this enthralling.
In a magical world of warring gods and humans, an orphaned librarian hunts for a long-lost community
Fantasy and romance combine. . . If you've ever wondered what would happen if an angel and a devil fell in love, you're about to find out.
Taylor's dazzling writing and skill at creating suspense are strong as ever; fantasy lovers will gobble up this book with satisfaction.
The story's unexpected twists and revelations leave the reader enthralled, enchanted, and entirely entranced.
[A] stunning, sensory feast of a novel . . . the story's plotting, emotional charge and sheer sensuality sweep the reader along with ever rising intensity.
Laini Taylor set my imagination on fire so hard that it spontaneously combusted . . . This is the kind of story that paves dreams.
The love between Lazlo and Sarai . . . is touching and well-drawn. You share Lazlo's dreams of the of the beautiful world from his stories, and Sarai's understanding of (and horror of) their actions, and genuinely hope for the pair of them.
5*s: This whimsical and diverse tale reads like a dream. One for you, your best friend, and any lover of myths and monsters you know.
Prepare to be enchanted.
A complex and layered world of battling gods and humans . . . Gorgeously written in language simultaneously dark, lush, and enchanting, the book will leave readers eager for the next.
Taylor's dazzling writing and skill at creating suspense are strong as ever; fantasy lovers will gobble up this book with satisfaction.
Plunges us into a world of beauty and horror... intricately plotted... it's a book that flies between worlds on blood-tipped wings and grips like a magical vice.
Praise for the Daughter of Smoke and Bone trilogy:
Praise for the Daughter of Smoke and Bone trilogy:
I read Days of Blood and Starlight by Laini Taylor . . . I'm all fired up about it. Thank you, Ms. Taylor, for a thrilling couple of days. I am in your debt. (Warning readers: this is one of those series that will have you tearing at your hair and gnashing your teeth waiting for the next installment. Be prepared.)
This is Romeo and Juliet on a sprawling fantasy stage.
Plunges us into a world of beauty and horror... intricately plotted... it's a book that flies between worlds on blood-tipped wings and grips like a magical vice.