City of Dark Magic: A NovelMagnus Flyte
Penguin Books, November 2012
ISBN: 978-0143122685
The riddle of Beethoven’s "Immortal Beloved," alchemy and clandestine love fuse in this fast-paced, funny, romantic mystery.
Sarah Weston is a music student in Boston. One day she gets a letter from Prince Max Lubkowicz inviting her to his palace in Prague, in order to help him catalogue documents belonging to her idol Ludvig van Beethoven. What initially starts out as a dream job soon turns sour when her mentor Shertbatsky commits suicide before she arrives.
In helping Prince Max to reclaim his families lost treasures, Sarah discovers a drug that heightens your senses and seemingly transports you back in time. It then seems that they will be close to finding out not just the truth behind Shertbatsky’s suicide, but also the highly speculated identity of Beethoven’s "Immortal Beloved." Through all this Sarah and Prince Max must dodge both the CIA and KGB, whilst working out their feelings for each other.
City of Dark Magic is the first novel by Magnus Flute--a pseudonym for the collaboration of two writers: Meg Howrey and Christina Lynch. The authors did a great job of weaving a fast-paced thriller through fascinating descriptions of Prague, intriguing background on Beethoven, and a romance that's equal parts humorous, and touching. City of Dark Magic is a very imaginative, well written, fast paced, and humorous novel.
MAGNUS FLYTE is a pseudonym for the writing duo of Meg Howrey and Christina Lynch. Howrey is a former dancer with the Joffrey and the winner of an Ovation Award. She is the author of the novels The Cranes Dance and Blind Sight and lives in Los Angeles. Lynch is a television writer and former Milan correspondent for W magazine. She lives near Sequoia National Park in California.
ISBN: 978-0143122685; ISBN10: 0143122681; Imprint: Penguin Books; On Sale: 11/27/2012; Format: Paperback; Pages: 464; $16.00
