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A charming and mannered fantasy confection with a darker core of gothic romance is how New York Times bestselling author Robin Hobb described Galen Beckett s marvelous series opener The Magicians and Mrs. Quent. Now Beckett returns to this world of dazzling magick and refined manners where one extraordinary woman s choice will put the fate of a nation--and all she cherishes--into precarious balance. Her courage saved the country of Altania and earned the love of a hero of the realm. Now sensible Ivy Quent wants only to turn her father s sprawling mysterious house into a proper home. But soon she is swept into fashionable society s highest circles of power--a world that is vital to her family s future but replete with perilous temptations. Yet far greater danger lies beyond the city s glittering ballrooms--and Ivy must race to unlock the secrets that lie within the old house on Durrow Street before outlaw magicians and an ancient ravening force plunge Altania into darkness forever.