With its time jumps and off-stage action, the plot of the Amberlough Dossier series is not the source of its strength or success. Cordelia sits out from the trio of point-of-view characters in Amnesty, making Aristide the one constant throughout the trilogy. Due to events in the first book, Cyril is absent from Armistice, but replaced by the point-of-view of his diplomat sister, Lilian, who is merely mentioned in the first book. Aristide has found safe haven abroad as an actor, but as much as he’d like, he cannot forget or completely walk away from what he has fled. By the start of Armistice, Cordelia now leads in exile an armed opposition to the Ospies.

For example, by the close of Amberlough the three protagonists (Cyril, Aristide, and Cordelia) are forced to flee the Ospie rise or stay to face its oppression with imprisonment or worse. Instead, they do a great deal off-stage and then she shows us how they respond to and survive the new situations they find themselves in as a result. This generates a thematic impression where Donnelly is not directly showing us how her characters are changing the world.

The starts of Armistice and Amnesty are also marked by time jumps where significant developments in the characters and their socio-political situation have happened off-stage. Including each other.As the series progresses following the Nazi-like rise of the Ospies in Amberlough, the plot and action don’t develop as one might expect, diverging from parallels to German history and the onset of a world war. By night, he moves drugs and refugees under the noses of crooked cops.The Spy: Covert agent Cyril DePaul thinks he's good at keeping secrets, but after a disastrous mission abroad, he makes a dangerous choice to protect himself.and hopefully Aristide too.The Dancer: Streetwise Cordelia Lehane, burlesque performer at the Bumble Bee Cabaret and Aristide's runner, could be the key to Cyril's plans-if she can be trusted.As the twinkling marquees lights yield to the rising flames of a fascist revolution, these three will struggle to survive using whatever means - and people - necessary. living in a decadent era just before a political coup is about to set the city on fire.The Smuggler: By day, Aristide Makricosta is the emcee for Amberlough City's top nightclub. A double-agent sacrifices all his ideals in order to save his smuggler lover before a government coup takes over their decadent city in Lara Elena Donnelly's glam spy thriller debut'Exploring the roots of hatred, nationalism, and fascism, while at the same time celebrating the diversity, love, romance, fashion, and joy the world is capable of producing.' -Bookriot Meet three people who deal in secrets and lies.

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