Kiedy faerie zaczynają zagrażać ludzkiemu światu, młoda Kaye, obdarzona niezwykłymi zdolnościami, musi stawić czoła niebezpieczeństwom, które czyhają w mrocznych zakątkach. W otoczeniu tajemniczych lasów i starożytnych dworów, Kaye odkrywa skrywane sekrety i zawirowania faerie polityki, które mogą zniszczyć jej życie. W tej pełnej przygód serii, odwaga i poświęcenie stają się kluczowe w walce o przetrwanie.
Magiczny i fantastyczny świat, w którym toczy się odwieczna walka między dwoma
królestwami elfów, znany polskiemu czytelnikowi z trylogii ,,Okrutny książę i
innych książek autorki. Szesnastoletnia Kaye jest współczesną koczowniczką.
Uparta i niezależna, podróżuje z miasta do miasta z zespołem rockowym swojej
matki, póki złowróżbne wydarzenie nie zmusi jej do powrotu w rodzinne strony.
Tam, w przemysłowym krajobrazie New Jersey, Kaye odkrywa, że stała się
pionkiem w odwiecznej walce o władzę między dwoma rywalizującymi królestwami
elfów, walce, która może się skończyć jej śmiercią.
When seventeen-year-old Valerie runs away to New York City, she's trying to escape a life that has utterly betrayed her. Sporting a new identity, she takes up with a gang of squatters who live in the city's labyrinthine subway system. But there's something eerily beguiling about Val's new friends. And when one talks Val into tracking down the lair of a mysterious creature with whom they are all involved, Val finds herself torn between her newfound affection for an honorable monster and her fear of what her new friends are becoming.
Rediscover the dark and seductive realm of faerie in the final book of the critically acclaimed Modern Faerie Tales series from the bestselling author of The Cruel Prince - Holly Black. The time has come for Roiben's coronation, and pixie Kaye is sure of one thing - she loves him. When she declares herself to Roiben during the celebration, he's forced to send her on a seemingly impossible quest to find a faerie who can tell a lie. But Kaye's adventure soon leads to danger when she finds herself caught up in the games of the Seelie Court. Queen Silarial wants Roiben's throne, and she will use any means necessary to get it. Can a pixie outplay a queen?
In Tithe, sixteen-year-old Kaye is a modern nomad. Fierce and independent, she drifts from place to place with her mother's rock band until an ominous attack forces Kaye back to her childhood home. There, amid the blue-collar New Jersey backdrop, Kaye finds herself an unwilling pawn in an ancient and violent power struggle between two rival faerie kingdoms--a struggle that could very well mean her death. In Valiant, the companion to Tithe, seventeen-year-old Valerie runs away to New York City, trying to escape a life that has utterly betrayed her. Sporting a new identity, she takes up with a gang of squatters who live in the city's labyrinthine subway system. But there's something eerily beguiling about Val's new friends. When one talks Val into tracking down the lair of a mysterious creature, Val finds herself torn between her affection for an honorable monster and her fear of what her new friends are becoming. In Ironside, the sequel to Tithe, the time has come for Roiben's coronation. Uneasy in the midst of the malevolent Unseelie Court, pixie Kaye is sure of only one thing--her love for Roiben. But when Kaye drunkenly declares herself to Roiben, he sends her on a seemingly impossible quest to find a faerie who can tell a lie. Unable to see Roiben until she has fulfilled his quest, Kaye finds herself in the center of the battle of wits and weapons being waged over his throne.
