The Curse Workers series posits a world where a small percentage of people have magic, everyone knows magic exists and, in the United States at least, magic is illegal. And then I was thinking of other organizational models and I thought-what about organized crime? You have councils of magic that behave something like corporate boards of directors. You have schools of magic, like in Harry Potter. I got the idea for the series when I was thinking about the ways that magicians in books are organized. For the uninitiated, can you explain what curse workers are, and how you came up with the idea for writing about them? Your new book, The Red Glove, is the second installment in the Curse Workers series. She currently lives in New England with her husband, Theo, in a house with a secret door. She has been a finalist for the Mythopoeic Award, a finalist for an Eisner Award, and the recipient of the Andre Norton Award. Some of her titles include The Spiderwick Chronicles (with Tony DiTerlizzi), the Modern Faerie Tale series, the Good Neighbors graphic novel trilogy (with Ted Naifeh), and her new Curse Workers series, which begins with White Cat. To find the truth, Cassel will have to out-con the conmen.Holly Black is the author of bestselling contemporary fantasy books for kids and teens. As Cassel begins to suspect he’s an unwitting pawn in a huge con game, he must unravel his past, and his memories.
He’s noticing other disturbing things, too, including the strange behavior of his two older brothers, who are keeping secrets from him. But his facade starts to crumble when he finds himself sleepwalking, propelled into the night by terrifying dreams about a white cat that wants to tell him something.
He doesn’t have magic, so he’s an outsider, the straight kid in a crooked family-except for the small detail that he killed his best friend, Lila, three years ago.Ĭassel has carefully built up a facade of normalcy, blending into the crowd. Many become mobsters and con artists, but not Cassel. And since curse work is illegal, they’re also all criminals. The Curse Workers: White Cat Red Glove Black Heart Holly Black € 17.99 If not in stock, the expected delivery time to our store for this item will be 7-10 working days.įrom #1 New York Times bestselling author Holly Black comes the “dangerously, darkly gorgeous” (Cassandra Clare) Curse Workers trilogy, now together in one beautiful bind-up!Ĭassel Sharpe comes from a family of curse workers, people who have the power to change emotions, memories, and luck with the slightest touch of their hands.
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