The first instalment and English-language debut of the bestselling French fantasy series The Mirror Visitor. The novels have earned a huge following in France: book three debuted at #1 and spent 13 weeks on the French bestseller list ‚Ä¢ Long ago, following a cataclysm called ‚Äòthe Rupture‚Äô, the world was shattered into many floating celestial islands, named the Arks. The inhabitants of these arks each possess a unique power ‚Ä¢ Clever, daggy young Ophelia is living a happy, bookish life on an Ark named Anima. Her idyllic life is disrupted when she is promised in marriage to Thorn, a taciturn inhabitant of a distant Ark. Ophelia slowly realises that she is a pawn in a dark political plot that will have far-reaching effects for her entire world. What Thorn and his Ark don’t know is that Ophelia is gifted‚Äîand her hidden gifts give this misfit narrator secret powers ‚Ä¢ Dabos has created an unforgettable heroine and a rich and intriguing universe. For young adult or adult readers of Philip Pullman, J.K Rowling, Isobelle Carmody and Cornelia Funke ‚Ä¢ Rights have now been sold in 13 countries and the series has sold over a quarter of a million copies internationally