Firebrand
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Publisher Description
Brimming with intrigue and rebellion, Firebrand is the first book in the Rebel Angels series by Gillian Philip, the Carnegie Medal–nominated author of Crossing the Line and multi-award-nominated Bad Faith.
At the end of the sixteenth century, religious upheaval brings fear, superstition, and doubt to the lives of mortals. Yet unbeknownst to them, another world lies just beyond the Veil: the realm of the Sithe, a fierce and beautiful people for whom a full-mortal life is but the blink of an eye. The Veil protects and hides their world…but it is fraying at the edges, and not all think it should be repaired.
Discarded by his mother and ignored by his father, sixteen-year-old Seth MacGregor has grown up half wild in his father's fortress, with only his idolized older brother, Conal, for family. When Conal quarrels with the Sithe queen and is forced into exile in the full-mortal world, Seth volunteers to go with him.
But life beyond the Veil is even more dangerous than they expected, and Seth and Conal soon find themselves embroiled in a witch-hunt—in which they are the quarry. Trapped between the queen's machinations at home and the superstitious violence of the otherworld, Seth must act before both of them are fed to the witch-hunters' fires…
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Seth MacGregor, a young noble-born Sithe, isn't wanted at the queen's court by his mother or at home by his father, but a life of angry loneliness is averted when his older half-brother, Conal, shows him kindness and warrior's skills. The lessons come just in time to help Seth as he gets entangled in the manipulations of the Sithe queen, Kate NicNiven, who wants to destroy the Veil protecting their world. One misstep exiles Seth and Conal amid their most dangerous enemies: the superstitious humans of late 16th-century Europe. Like Seth, Philip's YA-ish Rebel Angels series launch, already published in the U.K., doesn't look like much at first but soon develops into a force to be reckoned with. When Seth and Conal challenge those who vastly outmatch them, it becomes a stirring tale of loyalty and love. The multilayered bonds between the characters make up for a by-the-numbers story.
