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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - Two outcasts find themselves caught in a web of dangerous magic and dark secrets that could change the world forever in the start of a riveting epic fantasy series from the author of The Shadowhunter Chronicles. Everything I look for in fantasy. --George R. R. Martin A POPSUGAR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR 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 and Conor are as close as brothers but his destiny is to die for Conor. No other future is possible. Lin Caster is a physician from a small community whose members still possess magical abilities. But 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 ruler of Castellane s criminal underworld. But as long-kept secrets begin to unravel and forbidden attractions arise they must ask themselves: Is knowledge worth the price of betrayal? And will their discoveries plunge their nation into war--and the world into chaos?