The Disability Book Archive

[ID: A book cover. A quote from author Beth Revis reads “Breaks your heart and fixes it again in all the best ways.” in small white text at the top of the cover. The title “Tarnished are the Stars” is written across the centre in large silver and golden capitals, designed to look like pieces of metal bolted together. The author’s name “Rosiee Thor” is directly below this in smaller white capitals. The tag lines “Trust is a blade.” and “They must learn to wield it.” are written in the lower right corner of the cover in smaller white capitals. The background is black, with the top half covered in a faint blue hue and the bottom half in a faint purple hue. In the background, a large, faint clock, The numbers are Roman numerals. Different star constellations can be seen across the cover. /end]

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Content Warning:

• Child Death
• Child Abuse
• Emotional Abuse
• Blood
• Death
• Medical Content
• Pregnancy
• Violence
• Surgery
• Verbal Abuse
• References to Death of a Parent
• References to Physcial Abuse

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Summary:

A secret beats inside Anna Thatcher’s chest: An illegal clockwork heart. Anna works cog by cog — donning the moniker Technician — to supply black market medical technology to the sick and injured, against the Commissioner’s tyrannical laws.

Nathaniel Fremont, the Commissioner’s son, has never had to fear the law. Determined to earn his father’s respect, Nathaniel sets out to capture the Technician. But the more he learns about the outlaw, the more he questions whether his father’s elusive affection is worth chasing at all.

Their game of cat and mouse takes an abrupt turn when Eliza, a skilled assassin and spy, arrives. Her mission is to learn the Commissioner’s secrets at any cost — even if it means betraying her own heart.

When these uneasy allies discover the most dangerous secret of all, they must work together despite their differences and put an end to a deadly epidemic — before the Commissioner ends them first.

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Notes:

This is Thor’s debut novel.

There is an audiobook.

There is a kindle edition.

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Archivist Comments:

People have pointed out issues in Thor’s pacing and storytelling in the narrative, though seem to have chalked that up to this being Thor’s debut novel. Some of those same people have also said her writing in this novel shows great promise to improve.

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