Novik's novel, "A dark tale", translated into Spanish by Julio Hermoso, has been the most voted by the jury of the Kelvin 505 Awards, thus winning this Award. According Publishers Weekly, It is an "essential reading", where magic, adventure, revenge and friendship are included. "A dark tale" it has become the new benchmark for fantasy literature in the US.
Synopsis and editorial of the book
Recientemente booklet has released the paperback edition of this book that was already published by Editorial Planeta in 2006.
Agnieszka has a gift: she is capable of breaking, staining or losing anything she is wearing in a matter of seconds. He lives in the valley with his family and is happy in his wild little home. But the evil and twisted presence of the Forest has been hanging over them all for years. To protect themselves, the town relies on the power of a mysterious wizard known as the Dragon, the only one capable of controlling the power of the Forest with his magic. In exchange for protection, he asks only one thing: every ten years he will be able to choose a girl and take her to his tower, a fate almost as terrible as falling prey to the Forest.
Election day is approaching and Agnieszka is scared. He knows — indeed, everyone knows — that the Dragon will choose Kasia, the most beautiful, the bravest of all aspirants. And, also, Agnieszka's best friend. But when the Dragon arrives, to everyone's surprise, it is not Kasia he points to ...
Other acknowledgments
- Opinion of Cassandra clare (writer of the saga "Shadowhunters"): “A dark tale has everything I like: a great heroine, a new way of tackling old myths and legends, and surprising twists. A real pleasure ».
- Opinion of Patrick Rothfuss (American fantasy writer): “I didn't know how much I wanted to read a book like this until I had it in my hands. It has everything I like about Novik's style, plus a good dose of old world magic and the flavor of a dark tale.
- Fantasy-Faction Award. American Library Association Award to Best Fantasy Novel of 2015.
- Finalist of the Goodreads Choice Awards.
- In the list of the best books of the year (2015) of Publisher's Weekly, Amazon, National Public Radio, LitHub, Library Journal, Tor, and BuzzFeed.
Naomi Novik, the author
This degree in computer science from Columbia University, he realized his true passion was writing after participating in the creation and development of the video game 'Neverwinter Nights: Shadows of Undrentide'.
To his credit he not only has this Kelvin 505 Award but also already has the Locus Award and John W. Campbell Award, both awarded to his saga «Reckless», made up of his first 3 books: «The dragon of his majesty », who are "The Jade Throne » Y "The Gunpowder War ».
As a highlight, this new book "A dark tale" It will be brought to the big screen by Warner Bros. The book will have to be read first!