It might have been luck, or it might have been one of those moments when your subconscious plays a benevolent trick on you. Yes, I did want to write something - and yes, what I wanted to write was one of those hastily-jotted-down ideas, which was already taking on clearer contours, sparkling with promise. Picture: Symon Haymerīut over the next few days, in meeting after meeting, I found myself forced to talk more about those pitches, pretending more assurance than I felt and magically I felt my enthusiasm rising, and beginning to bubble. At first, Léo feels an odd attraction to the magister-a mysterious, eerily familiar connection-though he’s sure they’ve never met before.Īs the legendary Midsummer Game approaches-the climax of the academy’s year-long-buried secrets rise to the surface and centuries-old traditions are shockingly overturned.Ī highly imaginative and intricately crafted literary epic, The Betrayals confirms Bridget Collins as one of the most inventive and exquisite new voices in speculative fiction.‘Scribbling your homework as the teacher comes into the room’ … Bridget Collins. Once the exclusive bastion of men, Montverre’s most prestigious post is now held by a woman: Claire Dryden, also known as the Magister Ludi, the head of the great game. Now he has been exiled back to Montverre, his fate uncertain.īut this rarified world of learning Léo once loved is not the same place he remembers. He turned to politics instead and became a rising star in the ruling party, until a small act of conscience cost him his career. Léo Martin once excelled at Montverre but lost his passion for scholarly pursuits after a violent tragedy. If your life was based on a lie, would you risk it all to tell the truth?Īt Montverre, an ancient and elite academy hidden high in the mountains, society’s best and brightest are trained for excellence in the grand jeu-the great game-an arcane and mysterious competition that combines music, art, math, poetry, and philosophy. Collins plays her own game here with perfect skill.” - The Times (UK)Īn intricate and utterly spellbinding literary epic brimming with enchantment, mystery, and dark secrets from the highly acclaimed author of the #1 international bestseller The Binding. a perfectly constructed work of fiction, with audacious twists.
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