Amberlough
Lara Elena Donnelly
Thriller / Historical Fiction
Amberlough
by Lara Elena Donnelly
—· 399 p· 2017
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Overview
About
Le Carré meets Cabaret in this debut spy thriller as a gay double-agent schemes to protect his smuggler lover during the rise of a fascist government coup
Welcome to Amberlough City, the illustrious but corrupt cosmopolitan beacon of Gedda. The radical One State Party—nicknamed the Ospies—is gaining popular support to unite Gedda's four municipal governments under an ironclad, socially conservative vision.
Not everyone agrees with the Ospies' philosophy, including master spy Cyril DePaul and h…
Part of a series
Amberlough Dossiers
Vol. I · 1 of 3 volumes
2 more volumes
Pages
399
Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom
Linguistic complexity
3/5
Moderate
Thematic complexity
4/5
Rich
Rating
—
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Reader feel
Political Intrigue9
Queer Representation9
Worldbuilding8
Narration8
Plot twists8
Pacing8
Prose7
Emotional depth7
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