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The Gilded Wolves

A Novel

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An instant New York Times best seller.

This program includes a bonus interview with the author.

Set in a darkly glamorous world, New York Times best-selling author Roshani Chokshi's The Gilded Wolves is full of mystery, decadence, and dangerous but thrilling adventure.

Paris, 1889: The world is on the cusp of industry and power, and the Exposition Universelle has breathed new life into the streets and dredged up ancient secrets. In this city, no one keeps tabs on secrets better than treasure-hunter and wealthy hotelier Séverin Montagnet-Alarie. But when the all-powerful society the Order of Babel seeks him out for help, Séverin is offered a treasure he never imagined: his true inheritance.

To find the ancient artifact the Order seeks, Séverin will need help from a band of experts: an engineer with a debt to pay; a historian who can't yet go home; a dancer with a sinister past; and a brother in all but blood who might care too much. Together, they'll have to use their wits and knowledge to hunt the artifact through the dark and glittering heart of Paris. What they find might change the world, but only if they can stay alive.

Praise for The Gilded Wolves:

"What’s better than Paris? Nothing. Except, that is, for Roshani Chokshi’s magical Belle Epoque Paris, where a crew of brilliant, tricksy, dispossessed young people are fighting personal demons and powerful foes to carve out their place in the world. This is a book to swan dive into, swim around in, luxuriate in.” (Laini Taylor, New York Times best-selling author of Strange the Dreamer)

"A masterpiece of imagination. Dazzling, sharp, and as dangerous as a freshly polished sword, The Gilded Wolves is a brilliant kaleidoscope of decadent world building, seductive magic, and utterly immersive storytelling." (Stephanie Garber, New York Times best-selling author of Caraval)

©2019 Roshani Chokshi (P)2019 Macmillan Audio
Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Paranormal Science Fiction & Fantasy Magic Adventure

Critic reviews

"Leigh Bardugo's Six of Crows and Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code converge in this dazzling new fantasy.... An opulent heist adventure that will leave readers voracious for more.” (Kirkus, starred review)

"[P. J. Ochlan and Laurie Catherine Winkel] animate a large cast of well-rounded characters, a complicated plot, and rich descriptions...Their strong characterizations as well as their use of accents and judicious timing suggest an exciting new series ahead." (AudioFile Magazine)

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Loved the story. Loved the finish just wasn't impressed with the rush ending. It seemed to start steady then throw a hole lot at you right to the end. Still enjoyed the story tho.

Steady mover.

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The female nerratr was fine and the male narrator does a very good job at accents but all else is absolutely awful. It was so bad I had serious difficulty following up with the story and at times it was just painful to listen to. Such a pity cause the story has real potential

Poor narration, good story

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Couldn't finish it. The male narrator has this very grating habit of saying al his sentences the same way. He starts his sentences with a high pitch then ends them with a low pitch. For every. Single. Sentence. There's no cadence or flow! Both voice artists give almost every character this strange approximation of a French accent, and it really gets in the way of my enjoyment by calling the attention to the accent rather than the actual speech. The story was okay and I'm loving the representation (Enrique is Filipino! Honestly the representation us Pinoys needed! We have autistic rep here too!) but this audiobook is impossible to finish. I'm glad I bought the ebook version too or else I just wouldn't waste my time with this nonsense.

Bad voice over. Go get the ebook instead!

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