![]() ![]() ![]() Marie-Josephe de la Croix looks forward to assisting her adored brother in the scientific study of the rare sea monsters the king has commissioned him to seek. From the Hall of Mirrors to the vermin-infested attics of the Chateau at Versailles, courtiers compete to please the king, sacrificing fortune, principles, and even the sacred bond between brother and sister. In seventeenth-century France, Louis XIV rules with flamboyant ambition. McIntyre proves she is “blessed with both vision and genius” (BookPage) in this breathtaking tale– part adventure story, part legend, and part Gothic novel– what Publishers Weekly calls “a marvelous alternative history fable”. New York Times bestselling author Vonda N. ![]()
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