Now, to reclaim his rightful place among France’s elite, he must obtain the Babel fragment for the Order. Séverin Montagnet-Alarie's birthright was stolen from him.

Hidden among the technological marvels and artistic creations on display is an item of unimaginable power-a Babel fragment that would enable those who wield it with magical Forging abilities over nature’s elements. A tale of love and betrayal as the crew risks their lives for one last job.First in a “wildly inventive and wildly representative” ( The New York Times Book Review) historical fantasy series, Roshani Chokshi’s The Gilded Wolves follows the exploits of a found family-six societal outcasts tasked with stealing a powerful artifact that can alter their lives for the better, but at the cost of breaking the world.Īll eyes are on Paris where the Exposition Universelle World Fair is to be held.

But what they find out may lead them down paths they never imagined. As hidden secrets come to the light and the ghosts of the past catch up to them, the crew will discover new dimensions of themselves.

Their hunt lures them far from Paris, and into the icy heart of Russia where crystalline ice animals stalk forgotten mansions, broken goddesses carry deadly secrets, and a string of unsolved murders makes the crew question whether an ancient myth is a myth after all. Desperate to make amends, Séverin pursues a dangerous lead to find a long lost artifact rumored to grant its possessor the power of God. Séverin and his team members might have successfully thwarted the Fallen House, but victory came at a terrible cost - one that still haunts all of them. They are each other’s fiercest love, greatest danger, and only hope. Returning to the dark and glamorous 19th century world of her New York Times instant bestseller, The Gilded Wolves, Roshani Chokshi dazzles us with another riveting tale as full of mystery and danger as ever in The Silvered Serpents.

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