The Gathering Dark

The Gathering Dark is a YA/Teen historical fiction novel written and illustrated by Hannah Bottenberg. It takes place in France at the time of the French Revolution and follows a collection of characters as they struggle through this tumultuous time period.

Official Synopsis
''Timothée Ambroise is a commoner. Timothée Ambroise is also nobility. Raised in one caste and brought into the other, he not only has conflicting feelings about himself, but also about the deteriorating state of his country. Dark times have fallen over France, people are starving, and the king and his court are slipping deeper and deeper into debts. Ill feelings between classes are about to erupt into a bloody revolution, and no one will be safe from the coming terror. Armed with nothing but his tenacity and his wits, Timothée must do everything in his power to protect those he loves and holds dear, or risk being sent to the guillotine.''