- Assassins, Magic, Imaginary places, Courts and courtiers
A world divided. A queendom without an heir. An ancient enemy awakens. The House of Berethnet has ruled Inys for a thousand years. Still unwed, Queen Sabran the Ninth must conceive a daughter to protect her realm from destruction – but assassins are getting closer to her door. Ead Duryan is an outsider at court. Though she has risen to the position of lady-in-waiting, she is loyal to a hidden society of mages. Ead keeps a watchful eye on Sabran, secretly protecting her with forbidden magic. Across the dark sea, Tané has trained to be a dragonrider since she was a child, but is forced to make a choice that could see her life unravel. Meanwhile, the divided East and West refuse to parley, and forces of chaos are rising from their sleep.
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- Author
- Samantha Shannon
- First published
- 2018
- Pages
- 848
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing, Bloomsbury Publishing India Pvt Ltd, J’ai Lu
- Editions
- 9
- Language
- French, Spanish, English
- ISBN
- 9781408883358
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