'Everything I look for in fantasy' - George R. R. Martin Two outcasts find themselves caught in
a web of dangerous magic and dark secrets that could change the world forever . . . From the
author of the Shadowhunter Chronicles Sword Catcher by Cassandra Clare is start of a riveting
epic fantasy series with expert worldbuilding political intrigue and swordplay. *** One
was raised to rule. One was trained to die . . . In the vibrant city-state of Castellane Kel
is an orphan stolen from his old impoverished life to become Prince Conor Aurelian's
body-double. As his 'Sword Catcher' he and Conor will become as close as brothers. Yet Kel
lives for one purpose: to die for Conor. Lin Caster is an Ashkar physician part of a
community ostracized for its rare magical abilities. After a failed assassination attempt pulls
her and Kel together they are drawn into the web of the mysterious Ragpicker King who rules
Castellane's criminal underworld. But as long-kept secrets are uncovered and forbidden
attractions blossom will their discoveries plunge their land into war - and nations into
chaos? *** 'Spellbinding' - Leigh Bardugo Sunday Times bestselling author of Ninth House
'A triumph of a book' - Holly Black No. 1 Sunday Times bestselling author of Book of Night
'Vivid and clever' - Scott Lynch bestselling author of the Gentleman Bastard sequence ***
Continue the action in The Ragpicker King . Sword Catcher was a top ten Sunday Times
bestseller w c 5th October 2024.
