The Exile: Book One of the Fae

by C. T. Adams

Overview

The USA Today bestselling author of the Blood Singer series begins an exciting, romantic urban fantasy series with the story of Brianna Hai, who just wants to lead a normal life. Fat chance when your mother's a witch and your father's King of the Fae.

But Brianna's doing her best. She runs a small occult shop that sells useless trinkets to tourists...but real magic supplies and artifacts to those who know how to ask. She dates occasionally, and has just met a really great guy, a cop who happens to be the brother of one of her closest friends.

But that gargoyle by the shop door? He's not a carving. He's alive, and Brianna's guardian. And upstairs, in her apartment, is the last remaining portal between earth and the realm of the Fae—a world that Brianna left in her teens, a place she has vowed never to return.

Until a shocking magical assault on her home leads Brianna to invade the land she once called home and reveals that the plots and counterplots of her youth continue to roil the royal court. Her father, King Leu, is under attack—and she, Brianna, the exile, has been named the next heir to the throne of Faerie. It's a very dangerous seat.

A suspenseful urban fantasy with a hint of romance, The Exile is the first solo novel by C. T. Adams, who is half of USA Today bestselling author Cat Adams. Like the Cat Adams Blood Singer novels, The Exile is set in a world where magic is real and contains Adams's trademark blend of suspense, action, humor, and strongly emotional writing.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780765336873
Publisher:	Tor Publishing Group
Publication date:	03/10/2015
Series:	Book of the Fae , #1
Edition description:	2nd ed.
Pages:	320
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.20(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

C. T. Adams is a bestselling author of urban fantasy and paranormal romance. Her books include The Exile, the first Book of the Fae; and Touch of Evil, the USA Today bestselling first volume in the Thrall series, which she co-wrote with Cathy Clamp. Cie and Cathy also co-wrote the original Tales of the Sazi—the first in that series, Hunter's Moon, was also a USA Today bestseller-and the first six books in the Blood Singer series, which begins with Blood Song. Cie lived in the Denver metro area for seventeen years before moving to the Texas Hill Country, where she lives with a large dog and several cats.

Editorial Reviews

11/10/2014
Adams (The Eldritch Conspiracy) launches an urban fantasy series with a well-worn premise. Brianna Hai, an exiled Faerie princess leading a quiet life on Earth, is forced to return to Faerie where she’s swept up in court intrigue and politics. She’s accompanied by some human allies, including Det. Nick Antonelli, who suspects her involvement in several unsolved cases and wasn’t aware of her true nature until she dragged him across the veil. Once in Faerie, Brianna must simultaneously protect her friends from the Fae, who enjoy human playthings, and deal with the constant struggle to determine who will succeed her father on the throne. While the core story is solid, the pacing is erratic, and the various subplots never really mesh. Nick’s investigation is thoroughly derailed by Brianna’s return to Faerie; they might as well be two separate books that accidentally collided. However, Adams does an admirable job of breathing life into Faerie and its creatures before ending on a game-changing cliffhanger. Agent: Lucienne Diver, Knight Agency. (Mar.)

Publishers Weekly

Rich worldbuilding...action-packed and teeming with Adams’ trademark suspense and mystery.”—RT Book Reviews

“Mashes together the classic world of faeries, demons, pixies and assorted mythical creatures with elements of romance novels. There's palace intrigue, a burgeoning romance, plenty of action, some ruminations on the cost of leadership.... All in all, it's a fun read and a good start for a series.”—San Jose Mercury News

“Entertaining reading.”—Locus

“The Exile is a fast-paced race of a book, full of twists and turns and a great new world to explore. I loved the intrigue and the mystery of the fae court, and how the reader is given just enough information about certain aspects to leave them wanting more.”—All Things Urban Fantasy

“Exciting and surprising. Great fun.”—Bookloons

“Adams goes solo with this new series launch, which has all the right ingredients for a long run: political intrigue, magical struggles, even a possibility that there might be a romantic entanglement somewhere down the line. This should appeal to fans of Seanan McGuire’s ‘October Daye’ series.”—Library Journal

From the Publisher

01/01/2015
As a half-human princess of the Sidhe, Brianna Hai has tried to stay out of Faerie politics. Her occult shop is warded heavily against magical attacks, but a very powerful Sidhe noblewoman with a grudge against Brianna and her father, the High King, launches an assault on Brianna while her henchmen attack the King. Traveling to Faerie to aid her father, Brianna brings along her friend David and his brother Nick. As she is drawn into the fight for the Fae throne the trio will have a difficult time staying alive, much less getting back home. VERDICT Adams (author of several urban fantasy and paranormal novels with Cathy Clamp under the name Cat Adams, most recently To Dance with the Devil) goes solo with this new series launch, which has all the right ingredients for a long run: political intrigue, magical struggles, even a possibility that there might be a romantic entanglement somewhere down the line. This should appeal to fans of Seanan McGuire's "October Daye" series.

Library Journal

2015-01-08
A fast-paced fantasy about a half-faerie, half-human girl struggling to figure out which world she really belongs in. Everything is going fine for Brianna Hai—maybe a little boring, but fine—until a dangerous blonde attacks her magic shop, throwing her right back into the messy politics of Faerie, the exact mess she was most hoping to avoid. And it's not just Brianna who's being pulled into the land of the Sidhe. Her shop's assistant manager, David, and his very attractive brother, Nick, get caught up in the mess, too, when a flock of venomous flying doxies attack, forcing them all to cross over into Faerie and face the false friends and outright enemies who await them there. From the moment they do, the plot rockets along, forcing Brianna toward a confrontation with her father, who happens to be the king of the Sidhe, and her destiny. There's danger in Faerie, but it never quite feels like a real threat to our heroine, who keeps herself "fighting fit" enough that she's ready to duel even in the middle of a dinner party. In a book in which nearly every character is stunningly attractive, it's hard to believe anyone's gleaming hair will really get mussed. As a result, the plot speeds almost too quickly toward its cliffhanger conclusion. It's not exactly deep, but this book (the first in a planned series) will entertain readers looking for a fun fantasy that mixes adventure with just a bit of romance.

Kirkus Reviews