Book Review:
Title: The Gilded Wolves
Author: Roshani Chokshi
Publisher:Wednesday Books
“I don't want to be their equal. I don't want them to look us in the eye. I want them to look away, to blink harshly, as if they'd stared at the sun itself. I don't want them standing across from us. I want them kneeling."
It's 1889. The city is
on the cusp of industry and power, and the Exposition Universelle has
breathed new life into the streets and dredged up ancient secrets. Here,
no one keeps tabs on dark truths better than treasure-hunter and
wealthy hotelier Séverin Montagnet-Alarie. When the elite, ever-powerful
Order of Babel coerces him to help them on a mission, Séverin is
offered a treasure that he never imagined: his true inheritance.
To
hunt down the ancient artifact the Order seeks, Séverin calls upon a
band of unlikely experts: An engineer with a debt to pay. A historian
banished from his home. A dancer with a sinister past. And a brother in
arms if not blood.
Together, they will join Séverin as he
explores the dark, glittering heart of Paris. What they find might
change the course of history--but only if they can stay alive.