The Dagger and The Flame
A glittering young adult fantasy weaving together the viewpoints of the clever Seraphine Marchant and the cunning Ransom, this magical tale is bound to entrance readers the second they reach the first page.
Out beyond the Paris-inspired city of Fantome, Seraphine Marchant lives a life of countryside idyll when a tragedy strikes that changes her world forever. To avoid capture by the mysterious enigma she fears in the dark, she joins the Cloaks, an Oliver Twist- esque society of thieves living in The Hollows of Fantome. Ransom is a Dagger, an assassin hired by the king to carry out orders. When his and Seraphine’s lives intertwine, leading them both to question everything they thought they knew about Fantome, an epic tale of enemies to lovers begins.
Catherine Doyle plays with themes of magic, intrigue, friendship, family, morals and love in this story of cloaks and daggers. Playing with magic is like playing with fire, and in the end, someone always gets burned. When what’s hidden in the shadows is revealed, readers of this epic fantasy will learn a fantastic lesson about the importance of being true to oneself and always following what feels right, even when the world around is confusing.
