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The Vengeance

Emma Newman author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Rebellion Publishing Ltd.

Publishing:8th May '25

£9.99

This title is due to be published on 8th May, and will be despatched as soon as possible.

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A swashbuckling adventure set in a version of Alexandre Dumas's world haunted by vampires...

Morgane grew up at sea, raised by a fierce pirate captain to follow in her footsteps. Until the pirate confesses on her deathbed that she is not her mother, but her aunt. Morgane sets out for France on the hunt for her true mother, revealing a world of decadence and darkness, in which monsters vie for control of the courts of princes.Morgane grew up at sea, daughter of the fierce pirate captain of the Vengeance, raised to follow in her footsteps as scourge of the Four Chains Trading Company. But when Anna-Marie is mortally wounded in battle, she confesses to Morgane that she is not her mother.

The captain of the enemy ship reveals he was paid to kill Anna-Marie and bring Morgane home to France and her real family. Desperate to learn the truth about her lineage, Morgane spares him, leaving the Vengeance and everything she knows behind.

Her quest reveals a world of decadence and darkness, in which monsters vie for control of royal courts and destinies of nations. She discovers the bloody secrets of the Four Chains Trading Company, and the truth about her real mother’s death, nearly twenty years before...

"From a banger of an opening line through to the last page of the book, The Vengeance pulled me along on one of the most enjoyable reads I've had in years. Newman has always been a great writer, and she knocks it out of the park with an incredibly compelling story of piracy, romance, and what family really is. What a joy this was to read!" --CE Murphy, author of Urban Shaman
“On a par with the very best of British fantasy.” — Gareth L. Powell, author of the Embers of War trilogy
A delightfully sharp-edged story of blood and steel, told with a equal parts savagery, manners and humour” -- Adrian Tchaikovsky, Hugo and Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning author of Children of Time
Mysterious, witty, and exciting – Morgane is a heroine to die for!” – Anthony Johnston, creator of Atomic Blonde
The Vengeance is a rollicking page-turner not just brimming with adventure, pirates, and vampires but also some opposites attract sapphics!” – Emma Sterner-Radley, author of Snowblooded

ISBN: 9781837861644

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 267g

384 pages