Discover the instant Sunday Times bestseller from the author of the Shadowhunter Chronicles! Two outcasts find themselves at the centre of world-altering change in Sword Catcher, the start of a riveting epic fantasy series by Cassandra Clare.
¡®Everything I look for in fantasy¡¯ ¨C George R. R. Martin, New York Times bestselling author of Game of Thrones
One was raised to rule. One was trained to die . . .
In the vibrant city-state of Castellane, a young orphan named Kel is stolen from his old life to enter a new one of luxury and peril. He¡¯s to become Prince Conor Aurelian¡¯s body-double, shielding the Prince from all dangers. He and Conor become 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. But events pull her and Kel together and into the web of the mysterious Ragpicker King who rules Castellane¡¯s criminal underworld.
Together, they¡¯ll discover an extraordinary conspiracy. But can forbidden love bring down a kingdom? And will their discoveries plunge their nation into war and the world into chaos?
¡®Her spellbinding cast of outlaws, healers, royals, and rogues will have you questioning your allegiances with every delicious turn of the plot¡¯ ¨C Leigh Bardugo, Sunday Times bestselling author of Ninth House
¡®This is Cassandra Clare at her cleverest, twistiest and most heart-stopping ¨C a triumph of a book¡¯ ¨C Holly Black, No. 1 Sunday Times bestselling author of Book of Night
¡®A modern character-driven narrative. Vivid and clever¡¯ ¨C Scott Lynch, bestselling author of the Gentleman Bastard sequence