Icarus (englisches Original)
Ein Tipp von Mira Scholz
Icarus Gallagher ist Kunstdieb. Er stiehlt unbezahlbare Kunst von einem gewissen Mr. Black - der eine nicht unbedeutende Rolle im Tod seiner Mutter spielte - und tauscht sie gegen die Fälschungen seines Vaters aus - bis er eines Tages erwischt wird. Jedoch nicht von Mr. Black, sondern von seinem Sohn, Helios. Statt ihn zu verraten, schlägt er einen Handel vor: sein Schweigen gegen Icarus' Freundschaft. Es entsteht eine skurrile Neuerzählung des bekannten Icarus-Mythos und eine herzzerreißende Geschichte über Freundschaft und Liebe, wenn ihr Schicksal eigentlich schon besiegelt ist.
Und das sagt der Verlag dazu
Icarus Gallagher is a thief. He steals priceless art and replaces it with his father’s impeccable forgeries. For years, one man—the wealthy Mr. Black—has been their target in revenge for his role in the death of Icarus’s mother. To keep their secret, Icarus adheres to his own strict rules to keep people, and feelings, at bay: Don’t let anyone close. Don’t let anyone touch you. And, above all, don’t get caught.
Until one night, he does. Not by Mr. Black but by his mysterious son, Helios, now living under house arrest in the Black mansion. Instead of turning Icarus in, Helios bargains for something even more dangerous—a friendship that breaks every single one of Icarus’s rules.
As reluctance and distrust become closeness and something more, they uncover the gilded cage that has trapped both their families for years. One Icarus is determined to escape. But his father’s thirst for revenge shows no sign of fading, and soon it may force Icarus to choose: the escape he’s dreamed of, or the boy he’s come to love. Reaching for both could be his greatest triumph—or it could be his downfall.
Icarus Gallagher ist Kunstdieb. Er stiehlt unbezahlbare Kunst von einem gewissen Mr. Black - der eine nicht unbedeutende Rolle im Tod seiner Mutter spielte - und tauscht sie gegen die Fälschungen seines Vaters aus - bis er eines Tages erwischt wird. Jedoch nicht von Mr. Black, sondern von seinem Sohn, Helios. Statt ihn zu verraten, schlägt er einen Handel vor: sein Schweigen gegen Icarus' Freundschaft. Es entsteht eine skurrile Neuerzählung des bekannten Icarus-Mythos und eine herzzerreißende Geschichte über Freundschaft und Liebe, wenn ihr Schicksal eigentlich schon besiegelt ist.
Icarus Gallagher is a thief. He steals priceless art and replaces it with his father’s impeccable forgeries. For years, one man—the wealthy Mr. Black—has been their target in revenge for his role in the death of Icarus’s mother. To keep their secret, Icarus adheres to his own strict rules to keep people, and feelings, at bay: Don’t let anyone close. Don’t let anyone touch you. And, above all, don’t get caught.
Until one night, he does. Not by Mr. Black but by his mysterious son, Helios, now living under house arrest in the Black mansion. Instead of turning Icarus in, Helios bargains for something even more dangerous—a friendship that breaks every single one of Icarus’s rules.
As reluctance and distrust become closeness and something more, they uncover the gilded cage that has trapped both their families for years. One Icarus is determined to escape. But his father’s thirst for revenge shows no sign of fading, and soon it may force Icarus to choose: the escape he’s dreamed of, or the boy he’s come to love. Reaching for both could be his greatest triumph—or it could be his downfall.