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Fantasy

Daughter From the Dark

by Marina Dyachenko
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Description

Late one night, fate brings together DJ Aspirin and ten-year-old Alyona. After he tries to save her from imminent danger, she ends up at his apartment. But in the morning sinister doubts set in. Who is Alyona? A young con artist? A plant for a nefarious blackmailer? Or perhaps a long-lost daughter Aspirin never knew existed? Whoever this mysterious girl is, she now refuses to leave. A game of cat-and-mouse has begun. Claiming that she is a musical prodigy, Alyona insists she must play a complicated violin piece to find her brother. Confused and wary, Aspirin knows one thing: he wants her out of his apartment and his life. Yet every attempt to get rid of her is thwarted by an unusual protector: her plush teddy bear that may just transform into a fearsome monster. Alyona tells Aspirin that if he would just allow her do her work, she'll leave him—and this world. He can then return to the shallow life he led before her. But as outside forces begin to coalesce, threatening to finally separate them, Aspirin makes a startling discovery about himself and this ethereal, eerie child.

What it’s like

ViolenceStandard
CombatPacifist/Social
HorrorChilling
SpiceWholesome/Clean
ProfanityNone

Details

First published
2006
Pages
294
Reading time
About 6 hours
Format
Novel
Audience
Adult
Publisher
Harper Voyager, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Language
English
ISBN
9780062916211
Series
Standalone

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