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Biographical note
Timothée de Fombelle is a Paris-based playwright, and author of award-winning fiction. His first series, Toby Alone and Toby Alone and the Secrets of the Tree has been published in 27 languages and won numerous awards including France’s prestigious Prix Sorcières and the Marsh Award. Timothée's adventure series, Vango, Book One: Between Sky and Earth was granted an English Pen Award for translation. Holly James is a translator, writer, and editor from the UK. She translates from French, German and Spanish. She currently lives in Paris.“Vivid and exact…this is a book about heroism.”
The New York Times
“De Fombelle writes minimally for maximum effect . . . packs a punch.”
"An action-packed tale about heartbreak and resilience."
Publisher's Weekly
"The attention to period detail is not incidental, given the explosive nature of the subject matter: the African slave trade and the Middle Passage to the French colonies. To some extent, the routine features of the adventure are in tension with the particular sorrows of the kidnapped... De Fombelle recognizes many of these agonies, and his succinct and devastating explanations of the customs of the slave trade powerfully animate the facts."
The New York Times Book Review
“Beautiful writing, intricate plotting, and breathless reveals.”
"Breathtakingly readable."
Booklist (starred review)
“Luminous . . . This uncompromising book sheds light on the violence in American society.”
ActuaLitté
“Mixes the historical and the romantic in a dark whirlwind.”