Sword Catcher
Discover the instant Sunday Times bestseller from the author of The Shadowhunter Chronicles
Series: The Chronicles of Castellane; 1;
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Product details:
- Edition number Main Market Ed.
- Publisher Tor
- Date of Publication 1 August 2024
- Number of Volumes B-format paperback
- ISBN 9781529001402
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages640 pages
- Size 197x131x39 mm
- Weight 428 g
- Language English 743
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Short description:
A dramatic epic of power, intrigue and magic. Here, a boy is born to rule a divided city. A girl is destined to return lost magic to the world. And a prince will betray his people to win a crown. Sword Catcher is the Sunday Times bestselling first adult fantasy novel by international sensation Cassandra Clare.
MoreLong description:
?Everything I look for in fantasy? ? George R. R. MartinTwo 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.
*This edition includes an exclusive extract of The Ragpicker King, the spellbinding sequel to Sword Catcher*
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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?
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?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
Sword Catcher was a top ten Sunday Times bestseller w/c 5th October 2024.
Sword Catcher gave me everything I look for in medieval fantasy: mystery and magic (not too much, not too little), expert worldbuilding, swordplay and politics, a colorful cast of interesting characters, and a story that kept me reading from the first page to the last, with enough twists and turns to keep me turning the pages. It's a big thick book, but it left me wanting more. When's the next one coming out? More
