From the New York Times best-selling author of The Windup Girl and The Water Knife comes a
sweeping literary historical fantasy about the young scion from a ruling-class family who faces
rebellion as he ascends to power. "Steeped in poison betrayal and debauchery reading Navola
is like slipping into a luxurious bath full of blood." —Holly Black #1 New York Times
best-selling author "You must be as sharp as a stilettotore’s dagger and as subtle as a fish
beneath the waters. This is what it is to be Navolese this is what it is to be di Regulai."
In Navola a bustling city-state dominated by a handful of influential families business is
power and power is everything. For generations the di Regulai family—merchant bankers with a
vast empire—has nurtured tendrils that stretch to the farthest reaches of the known world. And
though they claim not to be political their staggering wealth has bought cities and toppled
kingdoms. Soon Davico di Regulai will be expected to take the reins of power from his father
and demonstrate his mastery of the games of Navolese diplomacy: knowing who to trust and who to
doubt and how to read what lies hidden behind a smile. But in Navola strange and ancient
undercurrents lurk behind the gilt and grandeur—like the fossilized dragon eye in the family’s
possession a potent symbol of their raw power and a talisman that seems to be summoning Davico
to act. As tensions rise and the events unfold Davico will be tested to his limits. His fate
depends on the eldritch dragon relic and on what lies buried in the heart of his adopted sister
Celia di Balcosi whose own family was destroyed by Nalova’s twisted politics. With echoes of
Renaissance Italy The Godfather and Game of Thrones Navola is a stunning feat of
world-building and a mesmerizing depiction of drive and will.
