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Praise for Smoke:

“Dan Vyleta has conjured a rich and surprising counter-history, an England saturated with a substance so potent and evocative it vaults instantly into the pantheon that includes the Dust of Philip Pullman, the soma of George Orwell, and the opium of Amitavh Ghosh. Smoke is enthralling.” – Robin Sloan, bestselling author of Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore

“Astonishing . . . It’s filling in that gaping hole left by both Harry Potter and Philip Pullman’s Northern Lights. Yes, really.” – Stylist

“Smoke is at once profound, moving and timely: a novel that tackles the most fundamental question of good versus evil.” – The Guardian

“…part dystopia and totally immersive; a book as eerie and atmospheric as its sooty muse.” – Entertainment Weekly’s Best Books of 2016

“Dan Vyleta writes with intricacy and imagination and skillful pacing; never once would I have considered putting his book down. In the manner of both a Dickens novel and the best young adult adventure stories (the Harry Potter series among them), the children run away together to uncover the dark secrets of the grown-up world . . .his ending, which I wouldn’t dare reveal here, is a real firecracker, and the lessons Mr. Vyleta wishes to impart are largehearted.” – Jennifer Senior, The New York Times

Rights to Smoke were sold in Czech Republic: Euromedia; France: Laffont; Germany: Verlagsgruppe Random House GmbH; Israel: Modan; Italy: Mondadori; Russia: Azbooka; Serbia: Vulkan; Slovakia: Ikar; Spain: Planeta; Sweden: Bonnier.