Oliver K.Langmead

A vibrant and emotional science fantasy about cousins trapped in mirrored worlds – the resplendent and verdant summer city and the ice-carved wastes of the winter city. For fans of Every Heart a Doorway and This is How You Lose the Time War. Welcome to Jamie Pike’s Fairharbour – a city stuck in perpetual winter, its windows and doorways bricked shut to keep out the freezing cold, its residents striving to survive in the arctic conditions. Welcome to Esther Pike’s Fairharbour – a city stuck in constant summer, its walls crumbling in the heat, its oppressive sunlight a relentless presence. Winter and Summer alike, have both fallen under the yoke of oppressive powers, that have taken control after the cataclysm. But both Fairharbours were once a single, united city. And in certain places, at certain times, one side can catch a glimpse of the other. As Jamie and Esther find a way to communicate across the divide, they set out to solve the mystery of what split their city in two, and what, if anything, might repair their fractured worlds.

Třpytní jsou elita. Topí se v luxusu a život tráví nicneděláním. Jako otrok neustálých změn – a brutálních soudů – v oblasti módy se i Simon snaží být dokonalý, bez poskvrny. Protože kdyby to bylo jinak, stane se nemódním, a nikdo přece nechce být nemódní, nedejbože ohyzdný… Na jednom večírku začne Simone krvácet z nosu, čímž neúmyslně odstartuje zbrusu novou módní vlnu – jenomže uznání připadne někomu jinému. Vzájemná řevnivost obou rivalů roste a hrozí, že brzy zničí celou opulentní utopii, v níž třpytní žijí. Protože nikdo nedovede být tak krutý jako ti nejkrásnější lidé. Vstupte do světa nádherných kostýmů, grandiózních paláců v nebesích, opulentních večírků a přísně daných pravidel, jak získat zmrzlinu. Úchvatná utopie ze světa módy, která se soustředí na rodinu a bizarní život nejvyšší třídy!

Many millennia after the fall of Eden, Adam, the first man in creation, still walks the Earth - exhausted by the endless death and destruction, he is a shadow of his former hope and glory. And he is not the only one. The Garden was deconstructed, its pieces scattered across the world and its inhabitants condemned to live out immortal lives, hiding in plain sight from generations of mankind. But now pieces of the Garden are turning up on the Earth. After centuries of loneliness, Adam, haunted by the golden time at the beginning of Creation, is determined to save the pieces of his long lost home. With the help of Eden's undying exiles, he must stop Eden becoming the plaything of mankind. Adam journeys across America and the British Isles with Magpie, Owl, and other animals, gathering the scattered pieces of Paradise. As the country floods once more, Adam must risk it all to rescue his friends and his home - because rebuilding the Garden might be the key to rebuilding his life.