# Smoke

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- Book: [Smoke](https://www.bookquiver.com/dan-vyleta/smoke) ([Smoke.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/dan-vyleta/smoke.md))
- Authors: [Dan Vyleta](https://www.bookquiver.com/dan-vyleta), [Allan Corduner](https://www.bookquiver.com/allan-corduner)
- Publisher: w_n
- ISBN: 978-14-7460-095-8
- Pages: 1
- Published: 2017-04-06
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Imagine a world in which every bad thought you had was made visible. Where anger, hatred and envy appeared as a thick, infectious smoke pouring from your body, leaving soot on your skin. A society controlled by an elite who have learned to master their darkest desires. Thomas and Charlie are friends at a boarding school near Oxford, where the children of the rich and powerful are trained to be future leaders. Charlie is naturally good, but Thomas's father was accused of a terrible crime, and Thomas fears that the same evil lies coiled inside him. Then, on a trip to London - a forbidden city shrouded in darkness - they learn all is not as it appears. So begins a quest to understand the truth about this world of smoke, soot and ash - and perhaps to change it. 'Mesmerising and imaginative ... a novel that tackles the most fundamental question of good versus evil' Hannah Beckerman, Observer 'Like an adult version of the Harry Potter books with a touch of Dickensian dystopia ... a sheer delight' Maxim Jakubowski, Lovereading 'A novel that stays in the imagination long after it is read' Adam Roberts, Guardian