Del Rey
October 2023
On Sale: October 10, 2023
Featuring: Kel; Lin Caster
624 pages ISBN: 0525619992 EAN: 9780525619994 Kindle: B0BQ69W3VG Hardcover / e-Book Add to Wish List
In the vibrant city-state of Castellane, the richest of
nobles and the most debauched of criminals have one thing in
common: the constant search for wealth, power, and the next
hedonistic thrill.
Kel is an orphan, stolen from
the life he knew to become the Sword Catcher—the body
double of a royal heir, Prince Conor Aurelian. He has been
raised alongside the prince, trained in every aspect of
combat and statecraft. He and Conor are as close as
brothers, but Kel knows that his destiny is to die for
Conor. No other future is possible.
Lin Caster is
one of the Ashkar, a small community whose members still
possess magical abilities. By law, they must live behind
walls within the city, but Lin, a physician, ventures out to
tend to the sick and dying of Castellane. Despite her
skills, she cannot heal her best friend without access to
forbidden knowledge.
After a failed assassination
attempt brings Lin and Kel together, they are drawn into the
web of the mysterious Ragpicker King, the criminal ruler of
Castellane’s underworld. He offers them each what they
want most; but as they descend into his world of intrigue
and shadow, they discover a conspiracy of corruption that
reaches from the darkest gutters of Castellane to the
highest tower of its palaces. As long-kept secrets
begin to unravel, they must ask themselves: Is knowledge
worth the price of betrayal? Can forbidden love bring down a
kingdom? And will their discoveries plunge their nation into
war—and the world into chaos?
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