Welcome to the City of Sin, where casino families reign, gangs infest the streets...and secrets hide in every shadow
Enne Salta was raised as a proper young lady, and no lady would willingly visit New Reynes, the so-called City of Sin. But when her mother goes missing, Enne must leave her finishing schoolâand her reputationâbehind to follow her motherâs trail to the city where no one survives uncorrupted.
Frightened and alone, Enne has only one lead: the name Levi Glaisyer. Unfortunately, Levi is not the gentleman she expectedâheâs a street lord and con man. Levi is also only one payment away from cleaning up a rapidly unraveling investment scam, so he doesnât have time to investigate a woman leading a dangerous double life. Enneâs offer of compensation, however, could be the solution to all his problems.
Their search for clues leads them through glamorous casinos, illicit cabarets and into the clutches of a ruthless Mafia donna. As Enne unearths an impossible secret about her past, Leviâs enemies catch up to them, ensnaring him in a vicious execution game where the players always lose. To save him, Enne will need to surrender herself to the city...
And sheâll need to play.
Ace of Shades
Amanda Foody
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First published in Great Britain by HQ in 2018
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Praise for Amanda Foody and
Daughter of the Burning City
âWow! A dark and dangerous tale, a world like no other, and heroism of the weirdest kind!â
â#1 New York Times bestselling author Tamora Pierce
âA fantastic, magical setting, a seedy mix of titillation and sin... Readers who enjoyed their whirl in Garberâs Caraval will want to get in line for entry.â
âThe Bulletin of the Center for Childrenâs Books
âAmanda Foodyâs stunning debut is full of velvety language, intricate worldbuilding, and a story that treads the fine line of horror and fantasy. This is the kind of read that makes your spine shiver, and your heart beat faster.â
âRoshani Chokshi, New York Times bestselling author of The Star-Touched Queen
âThe world...is astoundingly vivid and complex, the smells, sounds and sights of the smouldering city/travelling carnival near tangible. Amanda Foodyâs deliciously dark and magical whodunit has world-building so rich, the reader...is likely to leave with a hangover.â
âShelf Awareness
âUtterly original. Amanda Foody has a wicked imagination. If you enjoy your fantasy on the darker side, then you will love Gomorrah!â
âStephanie Garber, New York Times bestselling author of Caraval
âFoodyâs colourful setting is vastâfilled with magic, political intrigue, and the potential to growâ.
âPublishers Weekly
âI love the vivid, sumptuous world Amanda Foody has created: Sorinaâs magic, her illusionary family and the Gomorrah Festival make for a wildly inventive mystery I wonât soon forget.â
âVirginia Boecker, author of The Witch Hunter series
DAY ONE
âTo be frank, reader, youâd be better off not visiting the city at all.â
âThe City of Sin, a Guidebook: Where To Go and Where Not To
ENNE
If Iâm not home in two months, Iâm dead.
Her motherâs warning haunted her as Enne Salta lugged her leather trunk down the bridge leading off the ship, filling her with an inescapable sense of dread.
If Iâm not home in two months, Iâm dead.
Itâd been four.
For the first time in fifteen days, Enne stepped onto dry land. Her balance veered from side to side as if she expected the gray cobblestones to tilt like the sea, and she white-knuckled the pierâs railing to compose herself. If the ground werenât so littered with cigar butts and grime, she mightâve kissed it. Two weeks battling seasickness on a floating monstrosity could do that to a lady.