To my phenomenal agent, Bridget Smith, and the team at JABberwocky Literary Agency. You knew what this book needed and, once you pointed it out, I did, too. You said this would be a great debut, and look! You were right. I never stop being thankful to have you on my team.
To my wonderful, talented, dedicated editor, Jennie Conway. I’m so honored that you loved my book enough to make it your first young adult title. Together we’ve made it something I’m incredibly proud of. There’s no editor I’d rather have shepherding my books.
To Coral Jenrette, thank you for the many, MANY insightful critiques, for always being ready to console me after every setback and celebrate with me at every success. To Derek Reiner, thank you for your refreshingly bleak outlook on publishing, your alchemical expertise, and your ever-encouraging feedback. Sorry about the migraines you have suffered on behalf of my manuscripts. I hope they were worth it. To my Critters: Kellye Crocker, Oz Spies, Lisa Hernbloom, Derek, and Coral. You make my writing and my life so much better. To Catherine Egan, my first critique partner. The first time I really believed I was a good writer was when you loved Heirs. I wish we still had hours and hours to stand around talking about books and Buffy while our babies tired each other out.
To DJ DeSmyter, Meghan Harrington, Melanie Sanders, Chrisinda Lynch, and the entire team at Wednesday Books. You are so, so good at what you do, and I’m incredibly grateful to benefit from it. To Kerri Resnick, design wizard, for my BEAUTIFUL cover. I wanted so badly to love it, and thanks to you, I do.
To Shannon Doleski, Prerna Pickett, and Jenny Elder Moke. Thank God my impractical dream came true, because it meant I got to meet you pervs. You’ve made my whole debut year. To #TeamB, thanks for all the moral support and advice. You are my kind of people, to a woman.
To Lawrence M. Principe, thanks for writing The Secrets of Alchemy! I’m sure you didn’t expect your excellent history of science book to provide most of the alchemical research for a YA fantasy novel, but life is weird like that.
To Pater Edmund Waldstein, O. Cist., for checking my German and consulting on Prussian titles and names. My apologies if you find this book is unacceptably pro-revolution.
To my pals at SloHi Coffee, especially Stephanie Watters. Thanks for your patience when I parked myself at your bar to write for hours, for not rolling your eyes at all my dramatic sighing, and for the free “samples.” To BookBar Denver and Keith’s Coffee Bar, also great places to escape your kids and write a novel.
Speaking of kids, huge thank-you to Isaac, Davey, and Una for being the lights of my life and the apples of my eye. You didn’t really help with the book, though.
Thank you to the brilliant authors who have read and recommended A Golden Fury before its release: Rosamund Hodge, Emily Duncan, Hannah Capin, Tracy Townsend, Marie Brennan, Gita Trelease, Catherine Egan, Lisa Maxwell, and Ellen Goodlett. Thank you, thank you.
And finally, thank you to God, cui est gloria in saecula saeculorum.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Samantha Cohoe writes historically inspired young adult fantasy. She was raised in San Luis Obispo, California, where she enjoyed an idyllic childhood of beach trips, omnivorous reading, and writing stories brimming with adverbs. She currently lives in Denver with her family and divides her time among teaching Latin, mothering, writing, reading, and deleting adverbs. A Golden Fury is her debut novel. You can sign up for email updates here.
Author photograph: Alison McQuain of Alison McQuain Photography
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CONTENTS
Title Page
Copyright Notice
Dedication
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Copyright
This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.
First published in the United States by Wednesday Books, an imprint of St. Martin’s Publishing Group
A GOLDEN FURY. Copyright © 2020 by Samantha Cohoe. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin’s Publishing Group, 120 Broadway, New York, NY 10271.
www.wednesdaybooks.com
Cover design by Kerri Resnick
Cover art: woman © Laura Kate Bradley/Arcangel; sun © Daria Rosen/Shutterstock.com; hourglass © serazetdinov/Shutterstock.com; flame © Roman Bykhalov/Shutterstock.com; texture © Dmitr1ch/Shutterstock.com; frame © Roberto Castillo/ Shutterstock.com; type © geen graphy/ Shutterstock.com; snake © vinap/Shutterstock.com
The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows:
Names: Cohoe, Samantha, author.
Title: A golden fury / Samantha Cohoe.
Description: First edition. | New York: Wednesday Books, 2020.
Identifiers: LCCN 2020024224 | ISBN 9781250220400 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781250220417 (ebook)
Subjects: CYAC: Alchemy—Fiction. | Ambition—Fiction. | Blessing and cursing—Fiction. | Great Britain—History—1789– 1820—Fiction. | France—History—1789–1815—Fiction.
Classification: LCC PZ7.1.C64255 Go 2020 | DDC [Fic]—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020024224
eISBN 9781250220417
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