Articles liés à Gilded Cage

James, Vic Gilded Cage ISBN 13 : 9781509821457

Gilded Cage - Couverture souple

 
9781509821457: Gilded Cage
Afficher les exemplaires de cette édition ISBN
 
 
Extrait :
One

It was an unusually hot weekend in mid-­June and sweat pooled along Luke Hadley’s spine as he lay on his stomach on a blanket in the front yard. He was staring blankly at a spread of textbooks. The screaming was distracting, and had been going on for a while now.

If it had been Abigail trying to revise, Daisy and her pals would never have been allowed to make such a racket. But Mum had inexplicably gone into overdrive for Daisy’s birthday, which had turned into the party of the century. Luke’s little sis and her friends were careering round behind the house shrieking at the tops of their voices, while some unforgivably awful C-­pop boyband blared through the living room window.

Luke stuffed his earbuds in as deep as they’d go without rupturing anything, and turned up the volume on his own music. It didn’t work. The catchy beat of “Happy Panda” was backed by the delirious vocals of ten-­year-­old girls massacring the Chinese language. Moaning, he let his face fall forward onto the books spread out on the grass in front of him. He knew who he’d be blaming when he failed History and Citizenship.

Beside him, her own exams long since completed, Abi was lost in one of her favorite trashy novels. Luke gave it the side-­eye and cringed at the title: Her Master’s Slave. She was nearly finished, and had another pastel-­covered horror lined up. The Heir’s Temptation. How someone as smart as his big sister could read such rubbish was beyond him.

Still, at least it kept her distracted. Uncharacteristically, Abi hadn’t nagged him once about revision, even though this term’s tests were the most important until he finished school in two years’ time. He turned back to the mock exam paper. The words swam before his eyes.

Describe the Equal Revolution of 1642 and explain how it led to the Slavedays Compact. Analyze the role of (i) Charles I, the Last King, (ii) Lycus Parva, the Regicide, and (iii) Cadmus Parva-­Jardine, the Pure-­in-­Heart.

Luke grunted in disgust and rolled onto his back. Those stupid Equal names seemed designed to confuse. And who really cared why the slavedays had begun, hundreds of years ago? All that mattered was that they’d never ended. Everyone in Britain except the Equals—­the Skilled aristocrats—­still had to give up a decade of their life. Those years were spent confined to one of the grim slavetowns that shadowed every major city, with no pay and no respite.

Movement caught his eye and he sat up, scenting distraction. A stranger had walked up the driveway and was peering through the windows of Dad’s car. This wasn’t unusual. Luke jumped up and went over.

“Brilliant, isn’t it?” he told the guy. “It’s an Austin-­Healey, more than fifty years old. My dad restored it. He’s a mechanic. But I helped. It took us more than a year. I could probably do most of it myself now, he’s taught me so much.”

“Is that right? Well, I reckon you’ll be sorry to see it go, then.”

“See it go?” Luke was nonplussed. “It’s not going anywhere.”

“Eh? But this is the address in the advert.”

“Can I help?” Abi had appeared at Luke’s shoulder. She nudged him gently. “You get back to your revision, little bro. I’ll handle this.”

Luke was about to tell her not to bother, that the man had made a mistake, when a stampede of small girls hurtled around the house and thundered toward them.

“Daisy!” Abi yelled repressively. “You’re not to play round the front. I don’t want anyone tearing into the road and getting run over.”

Daisy trotted over to join them. She wore a large orange badge with a sparkly “10” on it, and a sash across her chest bearing the words “Birthday Girl.”

“Honestly.” Daisy folded her arms. “It was only for a minute, Abi.”

The man who’d come about the car was looking at Daisy intently. He’d better not be some kind of pervert.

“Birthday girl, is it?” he said, reading the sash. “You’re ten? I see . . .”

His face went funny for a moment, with some expression Luke couldn’t work out. Then he looked at the three of them standing there. It wasn’t a threatening look, but it made Luke put his arm around his little sis and draw her closer.

“Tell you what,” the man said. “I’ll give your dad a call some other time. You enjoy your party, young lady. Have your fun while you can.”

He nodded at Daisy, then turned and ambled off down the driveway.

“Weird,” said Daisy expansively. Then she gave a war whoop and led her pals in a prancing, cheering conga back round the rear of the house.

“Weird” was the word, Luke thought. In fact, the entire day had felt not quite right.

But it wasn’t until he lay awake in bed that night that it all came together. Selling the car. The fuss over Daisy’s birthday. The suspicious absence of nagging over his own exam revision.

When he heard hushed conversation floating up from the kitchen, and padded downstairs to find his parents and Abi sitting at the table studying paperwork, Luke knew he was right.

“When were you planning on telling me and Daisy?” he said from the doorway, deriving a grim satisfaction from their confusion. “At least you let the poor kid blow out the candles on her cake before your big reveal. ‘Happy birthday, darling. Mummy and Daddy have a surprise: they’re abandoning you to do their slavedays.’ ”

The three of them looked back at him in silence. On the tabletop, Dad’s hand reached for Mum’s. Parental solidarity—­never a good sign.

“So what’s the plan? That Abi’s going to look after me and Daisy? How will she do that when she’s at med school?”

“Sit down, Luke.”

Dad was an easygoing man, but his voice was unusually firm. That was the first alarm.

Then as he stepped into the room, Luke noticed the documents Abi was hastily shuffling into a pile. A suspiciously large pile. The uppermost sheet bore Daisy’s date of birth.

Understanding slid into Luke’s brain and lodged its sharp point there.

“It’s not just you, is it?” he croaked. “It’s all of us. Now that Daisy’s turned ten, it’s legal. You’re taking us with you. We’re all going to do our slavedays.”

He could hardly say the last word. It stole the breath from his chest.

In an instant, the slavedays had gone from being a dull exam question to the next decade of Luke’s life. Ripped away from everyone and everything he knew. Sent to Manchester’s filthy, unforgiving slavetown, Millmoor.

“You know what they say.” Luke was unsure whether he was berating his parents or begging them. “ ‘Do your slavedays too old, you’ll never get through them. Do your slavedays too young, you’ll never get over them.’ What part of that don’t you understand? Nobody does days at my age, let alone Daisy’s.”

“It’s not a decision your mother and I have taken lightly,” Dad replied, keeping his voice steady.

“We only want the best for you all,” Mum said. “And we believe this is it. You’re too young to appreciate it now, but life is different for those who’ve done their days. It gives you opportunities—­better opportunities than your father and I had.”

Luke knew what she meant. You weren’t a full citizen until you’d completed your slavedays, and only citizens could hold certain jobs, own a house, or travel abroad. But jobs and houses were unimaginably far off, and ten years of servitude in exchange for a few weeks of foreign holidays didn’t seem much of a trade.

His parents’ reasonableness knifed Luke with betrayal. This wasn’t something his parents just got to choose, like new curtains for the living room. This was Luke’s life. About which they’d made a huge decision without consulting him.

Though they had, apparently, consulted Abi.

“As she’s eighteen,” Dad said, following Luke’s gaze, “Abigail is of age to make up her own mind. And obviously your mum and I are delighted that she’s decided to come with us. In fact, she’s done rather more than that.”

Dad put his arm round Abi’s shoulders and squeezed proudly. What had the girl wonder done now?

“Are you serious?” Luke asked his sister. “You’ve been offered places at three different medical schools, and you’re turning them down to spend the next decade saying nin hao every five minutes in Millmoor’s Bank of China call center? Or maybe they’ll put you in the textiles factory. Or the meat-­packing plant.”

“Cool it, little bro,” Abi said. “I’ve deferred my offers. And I’m not going to Millmoor. None of us are. Do what Dad says: sit down, and I’ll explain.”

Still furious, but desperate to know how you could do days without going to Millmoor, Luke complied. And he listened with a mixture of admiration and horror as Abi told him what she’d done.

It was insane. It was terrifying.

It was still slavedays, and because he was under eighteen it wasn’t like Luke had a choice one way or the other. His parents could take him wherever they wanted.

But at least they weren’t taking him to the hellhole that was Millmoor.

Mum and Dad told Daisy the next morning, and she accepted the news with a stoicism that made Luke ashamed. For the first time, he allowed himself to think that maybe his parents’ plan was the right one, and that they’d all get through their days just fine, as a family.

A few days later, once it had all sunk in, he told his best friend, Simon. Si let out a low whistle at the big reveal.

“There’s a department within the Labor Allocation Bureau called Estates Services, where the Equals go for their house-­slaves,” Luke said. “Abi made an application for us there. We’re being sent south to Kyneston.”
Revue de presse :
“Beautifully characterised and compellingly plotted, Gilded Cage is an impressive debut.”The Guardian

“Exquisitely wicked . . . a lavishly opulent, yet brutally vivid, alternate England which subtly questions modern beliefs . . . If ever there was a speculative fiction book that captured the zeitgeist of an era this is it.”SFFWorld

“An alternate modern-day England where enticing drama and social unrest mix with aristocratic scandal and glamorous magic . . . conjuring up the specters of Les Misérables and Downton Abbey . . . an absorbing first installment that presages an intriguing new fantasy series.”Kirkus Reviews

Gilded Cage is a heart-pounding combination of dark magic, political revolution, and forbidden romance that had me addicted from the first page!”—Danielle L. Jensen, USA Today bestselling author of The Malediction Trilogy

“Devious and deliciously dark with lashings of magic, mystery, and mayhem, this juggernaut of a book will keep you hanging on by your fingernails until the very last page.”—Taran Matharu, New York Times bestselling author of the Summoner series

“A dark and intriguing vision of an alternate, magic-drenched Britain, Gilded Cage kept me up long into the night.”—Aliette de Bodard, author of The House of Shattered Wings

“Brisk plotting, sympathetic characters, and plenty of intrigue will keep readers on the edges of their seats, eager for the next book in a very promising series.”Publishers Weekly (starred review)

Les informations fournies dans la section « A propos du livre » peuvent faire référence à une autre édition de ce titre.

  • ÉditeurPan Books
  • Date d'édition2017
  • ISBN 10 1509821457
  • ISBN 13 9781509821457
  • ReliureBroché
  • Nombre de pages416
  • Evaluation vendeur
EUR 21,68

Autre devise

Frais de port : Gratuit
Vers Etats-Unis

Destinations, frais et délais

Ajouter au panier

Autres éditions populaires du même titre

9780425284179: Gilded Cage

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0425284174 ISBN 13 :  9780425284179
Editeur : Random House Worlds, 2017
Couverture souple

  • 9780425284155: Gilded Cage

    Del Rey, 2017
    Couverture rigide

  • 9780425287040: Gilded Cage SIGNED / AUTOGRAPHED COPY

    Del Re..., 2017
    Couverture rigide

  • 9781509837779: Gilded Cage

    Macmillan, 2017
    Couverture souple

Meilleurs résultats de recherche sur AbeBooks

Image fournie par le vendeur

Vic James
Edité par Pan (2017)
ISBN 10 : 1509821457 ISBN 13 : 9781509821457
Neuf Soft Cover Quantité disponible : 10
Vendeur :
booksXpress
(Bayonne, NJ, Etats-Unis)
Evaluation vendeur

Description du livre Soft Cover. Etat : new. N° de réf. du vendeur 9781509821457

Plus d'informations sur ce vendeur | Contacter le vendeur

Acheter neuf
EUR 21,68
Autre devise

Ajouter au panier

Frais de port : Gratuit
Vers Etats-Unis
Destinations, frais et délais
Image d'archives

Vic James
Edité par Pan Macmillan (2017)
ISBN 10 : 1509821457 ISBN 13 : 9781509821457
Neuf PAP Quantité disponible : > 20
impression à la demande
Vendeur :
PBShop.store US
(Wood Dale, IL, Etats-Unis)
Evaluation vendeur

Description du livre PAP. Etat : New. New Book. Shipped from UK. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000. N° de réf. du vendeur L0-9781509821457

Plus d'informations sur ce vendeur | Contacter le vendeur

Acheter neuf
EUR 28,49
Autre devise

Ajouter au panier

Frais de port : Gratuit
Vers Etats-Unis
Destinations, frais et délais
Image fournie par le vendeur

James, Vic
Edité par Pan Books, UK (2017)
ISBN 10 : 1509821457 ISBN 13 : 9781509821457
Neuf Medium Trade Paperback Quantité disponible : 3
Vendeur :
Manyhills Books
(Traralgon, VIC, Australie)
Evaluation vendeur

Description du livre Medium Trade Paperback. Etat : New. Medium Trade Paperback. 407 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Pan Books, UK, 2017. *** CONDITION: This book is in new condition. More specifically: Covers have no creasing or wear. Spine is uncreased. . Pages are clean and unmarked and in excellent condition. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: A thrilling Orwellian vision of Britain, with a rebellious Hunger Games heart, Gilded Cage is the astonishing debut novel from Vic James, and the first title in her electrifying The Dark Gifts Trilogy. "Twists and turns make this hard to set down" Booklist One glorious summer, Luke's family is torn apart. He's expecting nothing more sinister than exams, while his sister Abi anticipates university. But they'll be separated to do their slavedays - a decade of labour demanded by law, enforced by a magically-skilled aristocracy. Luke will dream of rebellion in a barbaric factory town. Abi will navigate the malice of a high-born estate, and find an unlikely love. But the siblings must choose sides as Britain moves from anger to defiance. They'll become entangled in acts of savagery and magic, as nobles vie for power. No one is safe and none will emerge unscathed. Is there a better way - or will a dangerous young aristocrat remake the world with his dark gifts? *** Quantity Available: 3. Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; ISBN/EAN: 9781509821457. Inventory No: 20050082. N° de réf. du vendeur 20050082

Plus d'informations sur ce vendeur | Contacter le vendeur

Acheter neuf
EUR 8,54
Autre devise

Ajouter au panier

Frais de port : EUR 19,97
De Australie vers Etats-Unis
Destinations, frais et délais
Image d'archives

Vic James
Edité par Pan Macmillan (2017)
ISBN 10 : 1509821457 ISBN 13 : 9781509821457
Neuf Couverture souple Quantité disponible : 1
Vendeur :
ubucuu
(Bucharest, Roumanie)
Evaluation vendeur

Description du livre Etat : New. N° de réf. du vendeur SKU9781509821457

Plus d'informations sur ce vendeur | Contacter le vendeur

Acheter neuf
EUR 15,59
Autre devise

Ajouter au panier

Frais de port : EUR 14,99
De Roumanie vers Etats-Unis
Destinations, frais et délais
Image d'archives

James Vic
Edité par Macmillan New Writing (2017)
ISBN 10 : 1509821457 ISBN 13 : 9781509821457
Neuf Paperback Quantité disponible : 1
Vendeur :
Revaluation Books
(Exeter, Royaume-Uni)
Evaluation vendeur

Description du livre Paperback. Etat : Brand New. 416 pages. 7.99x5.00x1.10 inches. In Stock. N° de réf. du vendeur zk1509821457

Plus d'informations sur ce vendeur | Contacter le vendeur

Acheter neuf
EUR 22,26
Autre devise

Ajouter au panier

Frais de port : EUR 11,83
De Royaume-Uni vers Etats-Unis
Destinations, frais et délais
Image d'archives

Vic James
Edité par Pan Macmillan (2017)
ISBN 10 : 1509821457 ISBN 13 : 9781509821457
Neuf Couverture souple Quantité disponible : > 20
Vendeur :
Ria Christie Collections
(Uxbridge, Royaume-Uni)
Evaluation vendeur

Description du livre Etat : New. In. N° de réf. du vendeur ria9781509821457_new

Plus d'informations sur ce vendeur | Contacter le vendeur

Acheter neuf
EUR 25,53
Autre devise

Ajouter au panier

Frais de port : EUR 11,80
De Royaume-Uni vers Etats-Unis
Destinations, frais et délais
Image d'archives

Vic James
Edité par Pan (2017)
ISBN 10 : 1509821457 ISBN 13 : 9781509821457
Neuf Couverture souple Quantité disponible : > 20
impression à la demande
Vendeur :
Ria Christie Collections
(Uxbridge, Royaume-Uni)
Evaluation vendeur

Description du livre Etat : New. PRINT ON DEMAND Book; New; Fast Shipping from the UK. No. book. N° de réf. du vendeur ria9781509821457_lsuk

Plus d'informations sur ce vendeur | Contacter le vendeur

Acheter neuf
EUR 25,53
Autre devise

Ajouter au panier

Frais de port : EUR 11,80
De Royaume-Uni vers Etats-Unis
Destinations, frais et délais
Image d'archives

Vic James
Edité par Pan Macmillan (2017)
ISBN 10 : 1509821457 ISBN 13 : 9781509821457
Neuf Paperback / softback Quantité disponible : > 20
impression à la demande
Vendeur :
THE SAINT BOOKSTORE
(Southport, Royaume-Uni)
Evaluation vendeur

Description du livre Paperback / softback. Etat : New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days. N° de réf. du vendeur C9781509821457

Plus d'informations sur ce vendeur | Contacter le vendeur

Acheter neuf
EUR 26,79
Autre devise

Ajouter au panier

Frais de port : EUR 10,58
De Royaume-Uni vers Etats-Unis
Destinations, frais et délais
Image d'archives

James, Vic
Edité par Pan 2017-01 (2017)
ISBN 10 : 1509821457 ISBN 13 : 9781509821457
Neuf PF Quantité disponible : 10
Vendeur :
Chiron Media
(Wallingford, Royaume-Uni)
Evaluation vendeur

Description du livre PF. Etat : New. N° de réf. du vendeur 6666-IUK-9781509821457

Plus d'informations sur ce vendeur | Contacter le vendeur

Acheter neuf
EUR 21,96
Autre devise

Ajouter au panier

Frais de port : EUR 17,73
De Royaume-Uni vers Etats-Unis
Destinations, frais et délais
Image d'archives

Vic James
Edité par Pan Macmillan (2017)
ISBN 10 : 1509821457 ISBN 13 : 9781509821457
Neuf PAP Quantité disponible : > 20
impression à la demande
Vendeur :
PBShop.store UK
(Fairford, GLOS, Royaume-Uni)
Evaluation vendeur

Description du livre PAP. Etat : New. New Book. Delivered from our UK warehouse in 4 to 14 business days. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000. N° de réf. du vendeur L0-9781509821457

Plus d'informations sur ce vendeur | Contacter le vendeur

Acheter neuf
EUR 26,73
Autre devise

Ajouter au panier

Frais de port : EUR 29,56
De Royaume-Uni vers Etats-Unis
Destinations, frais et délais

There are autres exemplaires de ce livre sont disponibles

Afficher tous les résultats pour ce livre