Series
Fly by Night
Frances Hardinge · 2 novels · 2005–2011
Frances Hardinge's Fly by Night follows Mosca Mye, a girl who flees her village with a foul-mouthed pet goose and a con man in tow, into a city fractured by censorship, guild rivalries, and warring religious factions. Twilight Robbery (published in the US as Fly Trap) continues Mosca's schemes in a different town gripped by its own political paranoia. Hardinge builds both books around dense wordplay and a deep suspicion of anyone claiming to speak for the truth.
Summary by Loreful, from public sources
Reading order
The order the books came out.
Map
Fly by Night at the centre, its books fanned around what holds them. Pick anything for its details, and zoom out for similar series in orbit — the reading order above lists the same books as text.
Stats
By decade
- 2000s1
- 2010s1
Shape
2 novels
1 author
reads like:fantasycoming of agesecondary worldage of sail & 18th centuryadventurousyoung adult
Mood
Bright and intense: 100% of this series' placed works, the catalog's 44%.
this series · the catalog · one dot = one book2 of 2 works carry a tone
Edges of the map
- Twilight Robberydarkest · most intense
- Fly by Nightbrightest · calmest