A special exclusive signed 1st edition of the first adult fantasy title from prolific and award-winning American author and short-story writer Holly Black, best known for her works of YA fantasy, such as the 'Folk of the Air' trilogy, which began with 'The Cruel Prince ' and the various books within the 'Spiderwick Chronicles' series, co-written with Tony DiTerlizzi.




'Book of Night ' published by Del Rey in London on 3 May 2022, 1st edition, standard modern hardback, [viii] + 312 pages, which includes 6 pages of exclusive bonus material at the rear.




Flat hand signed by Holly Black at a special signature page ahead of the half-title page.  This is the exclusive Waterstones edition.
 

In fine unread condition, roundel sticker to the front of the dustjacket, the top and bottom edges of the text block are sprayed turquoise with a stencil design to the fore-edge.





#1 New York Times bestselling author Holly Black makes her stunning adult debut with Book of Night, a modern dark fantasy of shadowy thieves and secret societies.







Charlie Hall has never found a lock she couldn't pick, a book she couldn't steal, or a bad decision she wouldn't make.  She's spent half her life working for gloamists, magicians who manipulate shadows to peer into locked rooms, strangle people in their beds, or worse.  Gloamists guard their secrets greedily, creating an underground economy of grimoires.  And to rob their fellow magicians, they need Charlie.




Now, she's trying to distance herself from past mistakes, but going straight isn't easy.  Bartending at a dive, she's still entirely too close to the corrupt underbelly of the Berkshires.  Not to mention that her sister Posey is desperate for magic, and that her shadowless and possibly soulless boyfriend has been keeping secrets from her. 




When a terrible figure from her past returns, Charlie descends back into a maelstrom of murder and lies.  Determined to survive, she's up against a cast of doppelgängers, mercurial billionaires, gloamists, and the people she loves best in the world - all trying to steal a secret that will allow them control of the shadow world and more.







'Holly Black is a master of fantasy with the Midas touch -- there is no story she cannot turn to gold. ' - V.E. Schwab, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue











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