Rivals to Lovers

Blaze – Sky on Fire

While the citizens of Soot-City believe Cleo and Gwynnie to be dead, the sisters are planning the liberation of the city from the underground. Only when the constantly smoking industrial chimney is destroyed and the Industrials are disempowered, life can really change for the better in Soot-City. But Toska Liebkind won’t give up without fighting and the anger at the sweeps grows further among the citizens. Cleo worries about Leander, who is in great danger due to his membership of the guild. And he still doesn’t know that she survived… When the supply of coal comes to a halt and the events threaten to get out of control, Cleo and Gwynnie have to make a decision: Do they continue to operate in the shadows or do they reveal themselves as rebels – even if it could mean their death? 

Blaze – Spark in the Air

Soot-City is threatened by a new danger: An unknown firebug sets seemingly random houses on fire. The sweeps do everything to protect the residents. Therefore, they need to take measures that fan the embers of rage among the citizens. Cleo and Leander experience at first hand how easily a single spark can ignite the tense situation. In their attempt to protect the population from the firebug, they inevitably get closer to each other. By now, Gwynnie is no longer the only one who is convinced that the city must finally be liberated from the soot and the power of the Industrials. It’s about life and death – especially for the people that Cleo loves…

Blaze - City Under Soot

In a city where coal is as valuable as gold and powers all aspects of life, Cleo dreams of becoming one of the prestigious sweeps. After all, she would finally be able to openly work as a mechanic as only sweeps are allowed to repair machines and put out fires. This dreams seems to be unattainable until Cleo breaks the law to stop a house from going up in flames and she’s given a devious choice: become a figurehead to quench unrest in the general population and successfully complete the sweeping apprenticeship or lose the home she and her sister share. A task that seems almost impossible with the other apprentices and sweeps looking down on and even sabotaging her, her sister giving her the cold shoulder, and her friends turning away from her in fear of the power she now holds. Slowly, however, Cleo realises that she’s finally in a position to actually make a change – which comes in handy when she begins to suspect that something is seriously wrong in the city and the system that powers it …

Not My Problem

Ein humorvoller Roman über das Erwachsen werden, dem es mit Leichtigkeit gelingt, auch ernste Themen anzusprechen. Aideen hat viele Probleme, die sie nicht lösen kann. Doch als sie die Musterschülerin Meabh Kowalska bei einem Zusammenbruch beobachtet, sieht Aideen ein Problem, das sie tatsächlich lösen kann: Sie kann ihr dabei helfen, ihrem erdrückenden Stapel außerschulischer Aktivitäten zu entkommen – indem sie Meabh die Treppe runterschubst. Problem? Gelöst!Der verstauchte Knöchel ist die perfekte Ausrede, um etwas kürzer zu treten. Diese „gute Tat“ bleibt allerdings nicht unentdeckt, und nach und nach wird Aideens Hilfe immer gefragter. Doch die Probleme anderer zu klären, wird ihre eigenen nicht lösen. Dieses Schuljahr voller gegenseitiger Gefallen, unüberlegter Scherze und einer unerwarteten Chance auf Liebe könnte aber der Anstoß für sie sein, um endlich damit anzufangen.Derry Girls trifft Sex Education - eine queere Coming-of-Age-Geschichte, ironisch, vielschichtig und unbeirrbar ehrlich erzählt.