000			01785nam a22001815i 4500
008			210305s2020 nyu 000 1 eng
020			_a9780008456917 (pbk)
041			_aeng
080			_a82-3 _bCOL
100	1		_aCollins, Bridget
245	1	4	_aThe Betrayals
260			_aNew Delhi _bThe Borough Press _c2020
300			_a425p.
520			_a"If your life was based on a lie, would you risk it all to tell the truth? At Montverre, an ancient and elite academy hidden high in the mountains, society's best and brightest are trained for excellence in the grand jeu-the great game-an arcane and mysterious competition that combines music, art, math, poetry, and philosophy. Léo Martin once excelled at Montverre but lost his passion for scholarly pursuits after a violent tragedy. He turned to politics instead and became a rising star in the ruling party, until a small act of conscience cost him his career. Now he has been exiled back to Montverre, his fate uncertain. But this rarified world of learning Léo once loved is not the same place he remembers. Once the exclusive bastion of men, Montverre's most prestigious post is now held by a woman: Claire Dryden, also known as the Magister Ludi, the head of the great game. At first, Léo feels an odd attraction to the magister-a mysterious, eerily familiar connection-though he's sure they've never met before. As the legendary Midsummer Game approaches-the climax of the academy's year-long-buried secrets rise to the surface and centuries-old traditions are shockingly overturned. A highly imaginative and intricately crafted literary epic, The Betrayals confirms Bridget Collins as one of the most inventive and exquisite new voices in speculative fiction"--
650			_aFiction
690			_aGeneral
942			_cBK
999			_c59134 _d59134