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Les Enchantements d’Ambremer

Name: Les Enchantements d’Ambremer
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Author: Pierre Pevel

Pierre Pevel

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Une aventure de Louis Denizart Hippolyte Griffont, mage du Cercle Cyan, sur rendez-vous uniquement. Un roman de Fantasy dans un Paris 1900 qui cohabite avec l’Outre-monde : entre brigades du tigre et licornes, entre mages et Belle Epoque, les débuts d’un couple d’enquêteurs tenant à la fois d’Arsène Lupin de Mata-Hari et de Gandalf le Gris. Une Fantasy “ steampunk ” qui renouvelle formidablement le genre…

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