A Drop of Night - Hardcover

Bachmann, Stefan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0062289926 ISBN 13: 9780062289926

Publisher: Greenwillow Books, 2016

Synopsis

Modern-day teenagers meet a palace of terrors locked up since the French Revolution in this haunting, genre-bending thriller from Stefan Bachmann, the internationally bestselling author of The Peculiar and The Whatnot. A Drop of Night will thrill fans of Neal Shusterman and Jessica Khoury.

Seventeen-year-old Anouk has finally caught the break she's been looking for―she's been selected out of hundreds of other candidates to fly to France and help with the excavation of a vast, underground palace buried a hundred feet below the suburbs of Paris. Built in the 1780's to hide an aristocratic family and a mad duke during the French Revolution, the palace has lain hidden and forgotten ever since. Anouk, along with several other gifted teenagers, will be the first to set foot in it in over two centuries.

Or so she thought.

But nothing is as it seems, and the teens―bitter, iron-hearted Anouk, gentle Will, bubbly Lilly, and crazy Jules―soon find themselves trapped in a game far more sinister, and dangerous, than they could possibly have imagined.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Dear Candidate:

You are cordially invited to apply for a spot on a carefully selected team of gifted young people. After extensive background checks and recommendations from your mentors and professors, we have found you to be superbly qualified.

A subterranean palace dating from the time of the French Revolution has been discovered outside of Paris. The details of this unique archaeological site are strictly confidential. However, if you are interested in further information, please return the enclosed application, together with the completed questionnaire, to our offices. We will be glad to guide you from there.

In anticipation, 

The Sapani Corporation 

(This invitation is nontransferable and is to be handled with the utmost discretion. Do not copy or forward.) 
Qualification Questionnaire (please answer honestly)
Do you become nervous during tense or uncertain situations?
No
Are you afraid of the dark?
No
Do you have a history of heart problems?
No
Do you love working with new people and have a happy, open personality?
HA! No
Have you ever had the ambition to do something no one has done before?
. . . yes

About the Author:

Stefan Bachmann was born in Colorado but now lives in Switzerland, where he studies modern music at the Zürich University of Arts. He is the author of several books, including The Peculiar, his debut, which was released to international acclaim when he was nineteen years old.

About this edition

• Publisher: Greenwillow Books
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 0062289926
• ISBN 13: 9780062289926
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 464