Karou has taken up the job of her adopted father Brimstone: the art of resurrection, which will bring the dead members of the broken chimaera army back to life to defeat the seraphim. Main article: Days of Blood and Starlight When Karou is on a mission in Marrakesh, a man with fiery eyes and wings notices her and chases after her to kill, but as Karou turns around, the man notices something about her that's familiar and stops himself just in time for her to escape. When Karou returns to Brimstone's shop, a violent thud strikes the second door to the shop that Karou is forbidden from investigating. Similar handprints are appearing across the world. When she finds another portal back to Brimstone's shop, she notices a scorched black handprint on the door, but fortunately she is able to get back home. Karou is sent off to Paris via a magical door to get a seven-foot-long matching pair of elephant tusks. When Karou and her best friend Zuzana are at a restaurant, Kishmish flies in bearing a letter from Brimstone saying to come immediately. In return she gets wishes the higher the price, the greater the wish. Karou is often sent on missions to gather teeth for Brimstone, although she does not know what they are used for and why there are certain rules such as "no baby teeth" and "no rotting". Kishmish, a crow with bat wings, acts as a messenger from Brimstone to Karou. These are Brimstone, with lion legs and ram horns Issa, with a snake's lower body, hood, and fangs Twiga, with a giraffe neck and Yasri, with a parrot beak. Plot Daughter of Smoke and Bone Ī seventeen-year-old Prague art student named Karou leads an interesting life: she has blue hair that grows from her head, speaks a variety of languages, has three bullet scars in her stomach, and has been raised by creatures with human and animal features called chimaera. The series has received an array of nominations and awards, and a planned movie adaptation of Daughter of Smoke and Bone is under development. The trilogy follows Karou, a seventeen-year-old art student living in Prague and concerns an ancient war between Seraphim and Chimaera in a parallel universe. The books have been published in a variety of different languages.Īdditionally, the novella "Night of Cake and Puppets" was published in 2013, focusing on the protagonist's best friend and taking place in the timeline of "Daughter of Smoke and Bone." It is a complete trilogy, Daughter of Smoke and Bone being published on 27 September 2011 in the United States Days of Blood and Starlight on 6 November 2012 in the United States and the third book Dreams of Gods and Monsters on April 1, 2014.
Young-adult fantasy book series Daughter of Smoke and Bone Daughter of Smoke and Boneĭaughter of Smoke and Bone is a young-adult fantasy book series written by Laini Taylor and published by Hachette Book Group, an imprint of Little, Brown and Company.
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