West of France, 1989. A weeping killer deposits the unconscious body of nineteen year old Lucie Martin, her head wrapped in a blue plastic bag, into the water of a picturesque lake. Lot-et-Garonne, 2003. Fourteen years later a summer heatwave parches the earth, killing trees and bushe
Iron Cast
β Scribed by Destiny Soria
- Publisher
- Abrams;Amulet Books
- Year
- 2016
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 256 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 1613121520
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β¦ Synopsis
It's Boston, 1919, and the Cast Iron club is packed. On stage, hemopaths--whose "afflicted" blood gives them the ability to create illusions through art--Corinne and Ada have been best friends ever since infamous gangster Johnny Dervish recruited them into his circle. By night they perform for Johnny's crowds, and by day they con Boston's elite. When a job goes wrong and Ada is imprisoned, she realizes how precarious their position is. After she escapes, two of the Cast Iron's hires are shot, and Johnny disappears. With the law closing in, Corinne and Ada are forced to hunt for answers, even as betrayal faces them at every turn. An ideal next read for fans of Libba Bray's The Diviners.
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It's Boston, 1919, and the Cast Iron club is packed. On stage, hemopaths--whose "afflicted" blood gives them the ability to create illusions through art--Corinne and Ada have been best friends ever since infamous gangster Johnny Dervish recruited them into his circle. By night they perform for Johnn
Itβs Boston, 1919, and the Cast Iron club is packed. On stage, hemopathsβwhose βafflictedβ blood gives them the ability to create illusions through artβCorinne and Ada have been best friends ever since infamous gangster Johnny Dervish recruited them into his circle. By night they perform for Johnnyβ
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