The Conclave of Shadow by Alyc Helms
Missy Masters — aka the legendary superhero Mr Mystic — owes a lot of people favours after the events in The Dragons of Heaven. And these aren’t easy favours to pay back. So when one of the Argent Aces, Abby Trent, asks for her help in retrieving a Shadow Realms artefact, she figures this will help her pay down at least one of her debts.
The problem: Abby is just as good at getting into trouble as Missy, and before they can recover the artefact, it’s stolen by Abby’s arch-nemesis (and half-sister), the djinni Asha.
They follow Asha to the Divan of the Djinn, a twilight court of Shadow Realms exiles and freedom fighters on the border between Pakistan and India… and Missy and Abby are not welcome there. Missy has to navigate the arcane network of enmities and raise her own status among the Shadow hierarchy to gain allies against Asha and her masters.
After all, friends don’t let friends fight their arch-nemesis alone.
File Under: Fantasy
Cover Art: Amazing 15
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Book Info:
The Second Book in the Dragons of Heaven Series
UK Print
Date: 7th April 2016
ISBN: 9780857665171
Format: Medium (B-Format) Paperback
R.R.P.: £8.99
North American Print
Date: 5th April 2016
ISBN: 9780857665188
Format: Small (Mass-Market) Paperback
R.R.P.: US$7.99 / CAN$9.99
Ebook
Date: 5th April 2016
ISBN: 9780857665195
Format: Epub & Mobi
R.R.P.: £5.49 / US$6.99
More Books in This Series:
1. The Dragons of Heaven (June 2015)
Buying Info:
UK Print & Ebook
Amazon.co.uk | Book Depository | Waterstones | WHSmith
North American Print & Ebook
Amazon.com | Amazon.ca | BarnesandNoble.com | IndieBound.org
Global DRM-Free Epub & Mobi Ebook
On-sale 4th April 2016 from the Robot Trading Company
Author Info:
Alyc Helms: WWW | @Teleidoplex on Twitter
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Praise and Reviews for The Dragons of Heaven:
“A tough, witty young woman who inherited her superhero grandfather’s powers barrels through a rollicking Big Trouble in Little China-esque tale filled with magic, monsters and wisecracks. I loved it.”
– Alex Bledsoe, author of The Hum and the Shiver
“All the fun of pulp adventure, filtered through a twenty-first century lens. Helms isn’t content simply to play in the genre; she questions it, complicates it, adds layers it didn’t have eighty years ago. Missy’s journey to become Mr. Mystic isn’t the usual heroic training montage — but it’s a hell of a lot of fun.”
– Marie Brennan, author of A Natural History of Dragons
“The Dragons of Heaven combines superheroes, romance, ancient mythological China, and does it right. The world-building is stunning, and Missy’s challenges feel incredibly real as do her reactions to amazing worlds she’s put in. In fighting against the machinations of overly honorable yet incredibly nefarious ancient dragons, its clear she’s the best chance humanity’s got.”
– Cassie Alexander, author of the Edie Spence series