The Sweet Far Thing
 The American hardcover for
The Sweet Far Thing. | |
| Author | Libba Bray |
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| Country | United States of America |
| Language | English |
| Series | Gemma Doyle Trilogy |
| Genre | Fantasy novel |
| Publisher | Random House |
Publication date | December 26, 2007 |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover) |
| Pages | 819 |
| Preceded by | Rebel Angels |
The Sweet Far Thing is a novel by Libba Bray that was released on December 26, 2007. It is the sequel to the best-selling A Great and Terrible Beauty and Rebel Angels.
It has been a year of change since Gemma Doyle arrived at the foreboding Spence Academy. Her mother murdered, her father a laudanum addict, Gemma has relied on an unsuspected strength and has discovered an ability to travel to an enchanted world called the Realms, where dark magic runs wild. Despite certain peril, Gemma has bound the magic to herself and forged unlikely new alliances. Now, as Gemma approaches her London debut, the time has come to test these bonds.
The Order—the mysterious group her mother was once part of—is grappling for control of the Realms, as is the Rakshana. Spence's burned East Wing is being rebuilt, but why now? Gemma and her friends see Pippa, but she is not the same. And their friendship faces its gravest trial as Gemma must decide once and for all what role she is meant for.