Stolen City by Elisa A. Bonnin
cover art by @sgonzalesart
Twin thieves attempt to pull off a daring heist in Stolen City, the sophomore fantasy novel from Dauntless author Elisa A. Bonnin.
The city of Leithon is under Imperial occupation and Arian Athensor has made it her playground.
In stealing magical artifacts for the Resistance, bounding over rooftops to evade Imperial soldiers, and establishing herself as the darling thief of the underground, Arian lives a life wrapped in danger and trained towards survival. She’ll steal anything for the right price, and if she runs fast enough, she can almost escape the fact that her mother is dead, her father is missing, and her brother, Liam, is tamping down a wealth of power in a city that has outlawed magic.
But then the mysterious Cavar comes to town with a job for the twins: to steal an artifact capable of ripping the souls from the living--the same artifact that used to hang around the neck of Arian’s mother. Suddenly, her past is no longer buried under adrenaline but intimately tied to the mission at hand, and Arian must face her guilt and pain head-on in order to pull off the heist.
As Arian and Cavar infiltrate the strongest fortress in Leithon and Liam joins the Resistance as their resident mage, the twins find themselves embroiled in court politics and family secrets, and the mission becomes more than just another artifact theft. The target is now the Imperial rule, and Arian will go to any length necessary to steal her city back.
Here are a few interesting quotes from the book!
"The city was writ into her bones, her soul. She knew what it had been before and was attached enough to the idea of before to be hurt by after."
"He wanted to jump off this ship and swim to shore. Anything to make sure that he was there in the streets of Leithon, watching the city come alive."
"Arian ran like her life depended on it, paying no heed to the way her lungs burned, the way Liam and Zephyr trailed behind as she pushed herself harder."
"Magic worked on a different plane from the rest of the physical senses, a different layer of reality"
"Where Catherina Athensor lay dead with her blood on an executioner’s blade, and Liam’s glittering future had gone up in flames with everything that was left of his city."
STOLEN CITY is out on September 20, 2022! PREORDER it HERE! You can receive the items below. 100 random winners will also receive a pin by @chiquicreates. BUT!! If you PREORDER both DAUNTLESS and STOLEN CITY you will receive a print of this beautiful piece of art from @zhihuie!
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Elisa Angeles Bonnin was born in Bacolod City, Philippines, and lived in the province of Negros Occidental for 16 years before coming to the United States. She has a PhD in oceanography from the University of Washington, and now lives and works in Germany.
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