With an irresistible cast of characters an incredible high fantasy world and a unique
dangerous magic system THORN SEASON is an epic court romantasy - perfect YA for fans of Sarah
J. Maas and Leigh Bardugo's Grishaverse. 'Destined to be a romantasy sensation' - Katherine
Webber 'Sexy hilarious and completely addictive. I need more!' - S. F. Williamson ONLY THE
SHARPEST WILL SURVIVE "Court is filled with charming vipers " I said chin lifted. "But
charming or not we are vipers all the same." In the Kingdom of Daradon a persecuted few are
Wielders - able to exert a physical power that extends beyond their visible body: a shimmering
tendril that can pick a lock a gentle coil that reaches out to give a loving caress or an
inexorable rope that will kill a man before he knows it is around his neck. Feared and
mistrusted for this ability Wielders have always been Hunted. Alissa Paine - heiress of a
noble lineage daughter of a Hunter family - is also a Wielder. And as she approaches her
eighteenth Season Alissa knows she has escaped execution so far only through painful
self-control and the fragile efforts of her beloved father. Summoned to the harsh and
glittering royal court for the debutante season Alissa finds herself trapped in a web of
hidden intentions - and caught between two equally dangerous men. One is a brutal ruler with
the handsome face of a fairytale prince who would see her destroyed in an instant if the truth
were known - and the other a beguiling foreign ambassador with secret agendas of his own. It's
Rose Season at the palace but Alissa knows that survival will depend on being the most vicious
of the thorns... WIELD YOUR POWER. GUARD YOUR SECRET. SURVIVE THE HUNT. Sharp funny sexy and
dangerous and packed full of irresistible twists Thorn Season is an unforgettable novel that
marks the introduction of a major new YA voice and will be the romantasy debut of 2025.
