Hero at the Fall

by Alwyn Hamilton

  And of course Rachel Smith. Naturally. Who’s still got my back.

  Thank you to all my Penguin Teen on Tour companions for making being on the road a good time. And especially to Renée Ahdieh who is 50% responsible for coming up with the title for this book (specifically ‘The Fall’ part).

  Over the pond, my thanks go to Roshani Chokshi, Jessica Cluess and Stephanie Garber, the best people to have at the other end of a text/email/DM in times of authorial trouble when you just need to talk it out.

  And on my side of the pond, my thanks to my Author Partners in Writing/Crime/W(h)ine Samantha Shannon, Laure Eve, Cecilia Vinesse, Katherine Webber, Melinda Salisbury, Katy Birchall, Lisa Williamson and Non Pratt and many more I’m sure I’m forgetting. I’m sorry, I’ll buy you a drink.

  And last but certainly not least, to all the booksellers who have put this series into a readers’ hands, the bloggers who have encouraged others to pick it up, and all the readers who have embraced Amani and the Rebellion. I can write all I like, but a story really needs to be read to become more than just my words, and so thank you all for bringing this one to life by cracking its spine.

  About the Author

  ALWYN HAMILTON was born in Toronto and spent her early years bouncing between Europe and Canada until her parents settled in France. After attending school in France, Alwyn went to Cambridge University to study History of Art at King’s College. On graduating she returned to France and worked in a bookshop, where she rediscovered YA. She then moved to London where she now lives and put her degree to use working for an auction house. She is now a full-time writer and Rebel of the Sands was her first novel.

  Also by the Same Author

  The Rebel of the Sands Series

  Rebel of the Sands

  Traitor to the Throne

  Copyright

  First published in the US by Viking Penguin USA, in 2018

  First published in the UK in 2018

  by Faber & Faber Limited

  Bloomsbury House, 74–77 Great Russell Street

  London, WC1B 3DA

  This ebook edition first published in 2018

  All rights reserved

  © Blue Eyed Books Ltd., 2018

  The right of Alwyn Hamilton to be identified as author of this work has been asserted in accordance with Section 77 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988

  ISBN 978–0–571–32544–3

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