Smoke

ebook / ISBN-13: 9780297609940

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Imagine a world in which every bad thought you had was made visible. Where anger, hatred and envy appeared as a thick, infectious smoke pouring from your body, leaving soot on your skin. A society controlled by an elite who have learned to master their darkest desires.

Thomas and Charlie are friends at a boarding school near Oxford, where the children of the rich and powerful are trained to be future leaders. Charlie is naturally good, but Thomas’s father was accused of a terrible crime, and Thomas fears that the same evil lies coiled inside him. Then, on a trip to London – a forbidden city shrouded in darkness – they learn all is not as it appears. So begins a quest to understand the truth about this world of smoke, soot and ash – and perhaps to change it.


Mesmerising and imaginative … a novel that tackles the most fundamental question of good versus evil’ Hannah Beckerman, Observer

‘Like an adult version of the Harry Potter books with a touch of Dickensian dystopia …a sheer delight‘ Maxim Jakubowski, Lovereading

‘A novel that stays in the imagination long after it is read‘ Adam Roberts, Guardian

Reviews

Potter-esque comparisons will be made (with some Dickensian England thrown in) of the richness and intricacy of Vyleta's world
STYLIST
Mesmerising and imaginative . . . Smoke is at once profound, moving and timely: a novel that tackles the most fundamental question of good versus evil
Hannah Beckerman, THE OBSERVER
Its subtle touches mean the story takes on a world of its own . . . you'll wonder why no one has seen smoke this way before
EMERALD STREET
a great work of imagination
Cathy Rentzenbrink, STYLIST.CO.UK
Original and enthralling
GOOD HOUSEKEEPING
a vivid, imaginative and gripping fantasy thriller
SCIFI NOW
Astonishing . . . it's filling in that gaping hole left by both Harry Potter and Philip Pullman's Northern Lights. Yes, really
Stylist
For once both comparisons (with Harry Potter and Philip Pullman's Northern Lights) are apt . . . this is a novel that stays in the imagination long after it is read
THE GUARDIAN
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NEW STATESMAN
It's detailed, multi-layered and feels authentic - and might just win over historical fiction fans too
THE POOL