An African tightrope walker who can\'t die gets embroiled in a secret society\'s deadly gladiatorial tournament in this thrilling historical fantasy set in an alternate 1880s London, perfect for fans of The Last Magician and The Gilded Wolves .
You can find her online at SarahRaughley.com..
She continues to use her voice for good.
She has written and edited articles in political, cultural, and academic publications.
Her research concerns representations of race and gender in popular media culture, youth culture, and postcolonialism.
As an academic, Sarah has taught undergraduate courses and acted as a postdoctoral fellow.
On top of being a YA writer, Sarah has a PhD in English, which makes her a doctor, so it turns out she didn\'t have to go to medical school after all.
Sarah has been nominated for the Aurora Award for Best YA Novel and works in the community doing writing workshops for youths and adults.
She is a huge fangirl of anything from manga to sci-fi fantasy TV to Japanese role-playing games and other geeky things, all of which have largely inspired her writing.
About author(s): Sarah Raughley grew up in Southern Ontario writing stories about freakish little girls with powers because she secretly wanted to be one.
But the further she gets in the grisly tournament, the more she begins to remember--and the more she wonders if the truth is something best left forgotten.
If Iris wants to learn about her shadowy past, she has no choice but to fight.
Adam wants Iris to be his champion, and in return he promises her the one thing she wants most: the truth about who she really is.
To help them choose a leader for the upcoming apocalypse, the Committee is holding the Tournament of Freaks, a macabre competition made up of vicious fighters with fantastical abilities.
Adam seems to know much more about her than he lets on, and he shares with her a terrifying revelation: the world is ending, and the Committee will decide who lives...and who doesn\'t.
But that mission gets more complicated when she meets the dark and alluring Adam Temple, a member of a mysterious order called the Enlightenment Committee.
Haunted by her unnatural power and with no memories of her past, Iris is obsessed with discovering who she is.
But Iris also has a secret that even "strange" doesn\'t capture... She cannot die.
She is certainly a strange sight for leering British audiences always eager for the spectacle of colonial curiosity .
As an African tightrope dancer in Victorian London, Iris is used to being strange.
An African tightrope walker who can\'t die gets embroiled in a secret society\'s deadly gladiatorial tournament in this thrilling historical fantasy set in an alternate 1880s London, perfect for fans of The Last Magician and The Gilded Wolves
