Sword Catcher

Everything I look for in fantasy George R. R. MartinTwo outcasts find themselves caught in a web of dangerous magic and dark secrets that could change the world forever . . . From the author of the Shadowhunter Chronicles, Sword Catcher by Cassandra Clare is start of a riveting epic fantasy series with expert worldbuilding, political intrigue and swordplay. *** One was raised to rule. One was trained to die . . . In the vibrant city-state of Castellane, Kel is an orphan, stolen from his old impoverished life to become Prince Conor Aurelians body-double. As his Sword Catcher, he and Conor will become as close as brothers. Yet Kel lives for one purpose: to die for Conor. Lin Caster is an Ashkar physician, part of a community ostracized for its rare magical abilities. After a failed assassination attempt pulls her and Kel together, they are drawn into the web of the mysterious Ragpicker King, who rules Castellanes criminal underworld. But as long-kept secrets are uncovered and forbidden attractions blossom, will their discoveries plunge their land into war and nations into chaos? *** Spellbinding Leigh Bardugo, Sunday Times bestselling author of Ninth House A triumph of a book Holly Black, No. 1 Sunday Times bestselling author of Book of Night Vivid and clever Scott Lynch, bestselling author of the Gentleman Bastard sequence Sword Catcher was a top ten Sunday Times bestseller w/c 5th October 2024.