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THE FAMILIAR - LEIGH BARDUGO GEBUNDEN

FATE CAN BE CHANGED. CURSES CAN BE BROKEN. In a shabby house in the new capital of Madrid 
Luzia Cotado uses scraps of magic to get through her days of endless toil. But when her
scheming mistress discovers her scullion is hiding a talent for little miracles  she demands
Luzia use those gifts to win over the royal court. Determined to seize this chance to better
her fortunes  Luzia plunges into a world of power-hungry nobility  desperate kings  holy men
and seers  where the lines between magic  science and fraud blur. With the pyres of the
Inquisition burning  she must use every bit of her wit and resilience to win fame and hide the
truth of her ancestry - even if that means enlisting the help of an embittered immortal
familiar  whose own secrets could cost her everything. From Sunday Times bestselling author
comes a bewitching novel  brimming with peril in a world where a woman's ambition can prove
deadly. PRAISE FOR LEIGH BARDUGO BOOKS 'Impossible to put down' - Stephen King 'A pacey read
with electric prose' Independent 'Crackling dialogue and sumptuous description. Bardugo dives
deep into this world... if you're not careful  it'll steal all your time' New York Times 'A
master of fantasy' The Huffington Post 'Sultry  sweeping  picturesque' USA Today

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