Defy the Night
1st Edition
Published on 14. September 2021
496 pages
978-1-5266-3275-3 (ISBN)
Description
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'A kinetic tale of the tension between duty, love and trust' - Cassandra Clare
'Defy the Night is everything I crave in a fantasy romance' - Stephanie Garber
'Addicting from page one!' - Jennifer L. Armentrout
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The first book in the thrilling Defy the Night series: a blockbuster fantasy saga about a corrupt kingdom, a star-crossed romance and a girl who will do anything for justice.
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A spark of rebellion is all it takes to DEFY THE NIGHT.
In a kingdom where sickness stalks the streets and only the richest can afford a cure, King Harristan and his brother Prince Corrick are forced to rule with an iron fist.
Tessa Cade is a masked outlaw marked for death, but she likes it that way. Together with the mysterious, handsome Weston, she robs from the rich to help the poor, distributing food and medicine to those who need it most.
As it becomes clear that the only way to save her people is to assassinate the King, Tessa must face a deadly mission that will take her to the dark heart of the kingdom ... and force her to work with the very people she intended to destroy.
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For more fantasy romance, don't miss Brigid Kemmerer's New York Times bestselling Cursebreakers series, and its spin-off series Forging Silver Into Stars.
'A kinetic tale of the tension between duty, love and trust' - Cassandra Clare
'Defy the Night is everything I crave in a fantasy romance' - Stephanie Garber
'Addicting from page one!' - Jennifer L. Armentrout
_______________
The first book in the thrilling Defy the Night series: a blockbuster fantasy saga about a corrupt kingdom, a star-crossed romance and a girl who will do anything for justice.
_______________
A spark of rebellion is all it takes to DEFY THE NIGHT.
In a kingdom where sickness stalks the streets and only the richest can afford a cure, King Harristan and his brother Prince Corrick are forced to rule with an iron fist.
Tessa Cade is a masked outlaw marked for death, but she likes it that way. Together with the mysterious, handsome Weston, she robs from the rich to help the poor, distributing food and medicine to those who need it most.
As it becomes clear that the only way to save her people is to assassinate the King, Tessa must face a deadly mission that will take her to the dark heart of the kingdom ... and force her to work with the very people she intended to destroy.
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For more fantasy romance, don't miss Brigid Kemmerer's New York Times bestselling Cursebreakers series, and its spin-off series Forging Silver Into Stars.
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
Young adult
Interest Age: From 12 to 18 years
ISBN-13
978-1-5266-3275-3 (9781526632753)
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Brigid Kemmerer is the New York Times bestselling author of the Forging Silver into Stars, Defy the Night and Cursebreakers series, which includes A Curse So Dark and Lonely, A Heart So Fierce and Broken and A Vow So Bold and Deadly. She has also written the contemporary young-adult romances, Call It What You Want, More Than We Can Tell and Letters to the Lost. Her adult fantasy debut, Warrior Princess Assassin, the first in the Braided Fate duology, published in 2025. Brigid lives in the Baltimore area with her family.
www.brigidkemmerer.com
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www.brigidkemmerer.com
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Content
- Intro
- Praise for Defy the Night
- Half Title
- Dedication
- Also by Brigid Kemmerer
- Title Page
- Contents
- Map
- Chapter One: Tessa
- Chapter Two: Corrick
- Chapter Three: Tessa
- Chapter Four: Corrick
- Chapter Five: Tessa
- Chapter Six: Corrick
- Chapter Seven: Tessa
- Chapter Eight: Corrick
- Chapter Nine: Tessa
- Chapter Ten: Corrick
- Chapter Eleven: Tessa
- Chapter Twelve: Tessa
- Chapter Thirteen: Tessa
- Chapter Fourteen: Corrick
- Chapter Fifteen: Tessa
- Chapter Sixteen: Corrick
- Chapter Seventeen: Tessa
- Chapter Eighteen: Corrick
- Chapter Nineteen: Tessa
- Chapter Twenty: Corrick
- Chapter Twenty-One: Corrick
- Chapter Twenty-Two: Tessa
- Chapter Twenty-Three: Corrick
- Chapter Twenty-Four: Tessa
- Chapter Twenty-Five: Corrick
- Chapter Twenty-Six: Tessa
- Chapter Twenty-Seven: Corrick
- Chapter Twenty-Eight: Tessa
- Chapter Twenty-Nine: Corrick
- Chapter Thirty: Tessa
- Chapter Thirty-One: Corrick
- Chapter Thirty-Two: Tessa
- Chapter Thirty-Three: Corrick
- Chapter Thirty-Four: Tessa
- Chapter Thirty-Five: Corrick
- Chapter Thirty-Six: Tessa
- Chapter Thirty-Seven: Corrick
- Chapter Thirty-Eight: Tessa
- Chapter Thirty Nine: Tessa
- Chapter Forty: Corrick
- Chapter Forty-One: Tessa
- Chapter Forty-Two: Corrick
- Chapter Forty-Three: Tessa
- Chapter Forty-Four: Corrick
- Chapter Forty-Five: Tessa
- Acknowledgments
- Defend the Dawn teaser
- Copyright
