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THE FIRST BRIGHT THING - J R DAWSON KARTONIERT ...

A spellbinding historical debut for fans of The Night Circus and The Invisible Life of Addie La
Rue .  'This is the magic circus book that I have been looking for all my life' - Seanan
McGuire  author of the Wayward Children series   When darkness descends  expect sparks.   After
the First World War  a select few wake up with frightening magical abilities. Rin can jump
through time. Her wife  Odette  can heal the unhealable. And their friend  Mauve  sees what
others can't. Alone  afraid and exiled from regular society  the trio create a haven for Sparks
- people like them - a circus housing those who are powerful and lost.  Now it's 1926 and Rin
runs the Circus of the Fantasticals. It travels across the States  spreading enchantment and
joy to those who need it. Rin hopes their performances leave the world brighter than before.
But new threats loom that even circus lights can't vanquish. Another devastating war is
barrelling across the world. Worse still  Rin's past creeps closer every day  a malevolent
shadow she can't fully escape. This takes the form of a rival circus  with tents as black as
midnight. Its leader has dark powers and even darker desires as the Sparks have something he
wants - and Rin knows he won't stop until he has it.   'A masterpiece of the fantastical and
the human' - Freya Marske  author of A Marvellous Light    *Longlisted for Best Novel at the
British Science Fiction Association Awards 2023*

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