The Gilded Wolves

A Novel

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Published Jan. 15, 2019 by Macmillan Young Listeners.

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978-1-250-31942-5
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Behind the doors of the lavish L'Eden hotel, hotelier Séverin is working towards claiming his true inheritance, denied to him but the patriarchs of the Houses of Paris. He's a treasure hunter, thief and orphan. The Order of Babel hoards artefacts, forged with magical properties, for themselves, and Séverin takes them from under their noses.

I seem to be drawn to alternate fantasy versions of Paris right now. I thought The Gilded Wolves was a great, fantasy heist romp told through an anti-colonialism lens. It's set in 1889 around the Exposition Universelle, which apart from celebrating scientific achievements also housed a human zoo, something that's hard to believe civilised people would go to look at for entertainment. The theme of colonialism rises its head throughout, but didn't feel heavy handed.

It has an ensemble cast, making up Séverin's team, who all have their own reasons for being there. When he …

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