Title::
House of the beast : a novel
First Author value, for Searching:
Wong, Michelle (Comic book artist), author
General Note:
The collector's hardcover deluxe limited edition features a reversible jacket, stenciled edges, illustrated endpapers, a printed case, and beautiful black-and-white interior illustrations throughout.
Format:
Book
Abstract:
"Born out of wedlock and shunned by society, Alma learned to make her peace with solitude, so long as she had her mother by her side. When her mother becomes gravely ill, Alma discovers a clue about her estranged father and writes a message begging for help. Little does she know that she is a bastard of House Avera, one of the four noble families that serve the gods and are imbued with their powers--and her father is a vessel of the Dread Beast, the most frightening god of all, a harbinger of death. In a desperate exchange for her mother's medicine, Alma agrees to sacrifice her left arm to the Beast in a ceremony that will bind her forever to the House and its deity. Regardless, her mother soon passes, leaving Alma trapped inside the Avera's grand estate, despised by her relatives and nothing but a pawn in her father's schemes"-- Provided by publisher
Subject:
| Illegitimate children -- Fiction. |
| Mothers -- Death -- Fiction. |
| Estranged families -- Fiction. |
| Gods -- Fiction. |
| Illegitimacy -- Fiction. |
| Imaginary companions -- Fiction. |
| Revenge -- Fiction. |
| Illegitimate children of royalty -- Fiction. |
| Nobility -- Fiction. |
| Mothers and daughters -- Fiction. |
| Fathers and daughters -- Fiction. |
| Man-woman relationships -- Fiction. |
| Enfants naturels -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. |
| Rupture avec la famille -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. |
| Dieux -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. |
| Filiation naturelle -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. |
| Compagnons imaginaires -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. |
| Vengeance -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. |
| Bâtards royaux -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. |
| Mères et filles -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. |
| Pères et filles -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. |
| Mother-daughter relationship -- Fiction. |
| Father-daughter relationship -- Fiction. |
| Mothers -- Fiction. |
| Gods and goddesses -- Fiction. |
| Man-woman relationship -- Fiction. |
| Fantasy fiction. |
| Romance fiction. |
| Novels. |
| Epic fiction. |
| Bildungsromans. |
| Romans. |
| Romans épiques. |
Summary:
"Born out of wedlock and shunned by society, Alma learned to make her peace with solitude, so long as she had her mother by her side. When her mother becomes gravely ill, Alma discovers a clue about her estranged father and writes a message begging for help. Little does she know that she is a bastard of House Avera, one of the four noble families that serve the gods and are imbued with their powers--and her father is a vessel of the Dread Beast, the most frightening god of all, a harbinger of death. In a desperate exchange for her mother's medicine, Alma agrees to sacrifice her left arm to the Beast in a ceremony that will bind her forever to the House and its deity. Regardless, her mother soon passes, leaving Alma trapped inside the Avera's grand estate, despised by her relatives and nothing but a pawn in her father's schemes"--
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