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Smoke

a Novel
Jun 27, 2016
Set in an alternate Victorian England, this novel introduces a world in which "sinful" thoughts and actions physically manifest on the body as Soot, thereby creating a class system based on moral purity. Best friends Charlie Cooper and Thomas Argyle are both enrolled at a boarding school established to rid pupils of their Soot-producing tendencies. Neither has ever questioned the system that rules their lives -- until unexpected events force them to challenge the status quo. Publishers Weekly calls this thought-provoking, intricately plotted novel "Dickensian in its imaginative scope and atmosphere."