Sword Catcher

<b>'Everything I look for in fantasy' - George R. R. Martin</b> <b>Two outcasts find themselves caught in a web of dangerous magic and dark secrets that could change the world forever . . .</b> <p><br> <b>From the author of the Shadowhunter Chronicles<i>,</i> <i>Sword Catcher</i> by Cassandra Clare is start of a riveting epic fantasy series with expert worldbuilding, political intrigue and swordplay.</b><br> <br> <b><i>***</i></b><br> <br> <b>One was raised to rule. One was trained to die . . .</b><br> <br> 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.<br> <br> 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?<br> <br> ***<br> <br> <b>'Spellbinding' - Leigh Bardugo, <i>Sunday Times</i> bestselling author of <i>Ninth House</i></b><br> <br> <b>'A triumph of a book'</b> <b>- Holly Black, No. 1 <i>Sunday Times</i> bestselling author of</b> <i><b>Book of Night</b></i><br> <br> <b>'Vivid and clever' - Scott Lynch, bestselling author of the Gentleman Bastard sequence</b><br> <br> <i><b>***</b></i><br> <br> <b>Continue the action in <i>The Ragpicker King</i>.</b><br> <br> <i>Sword Catcher</i> was a top ten <i>Sunday Times</i> bestseller w/c 5th October 2024.<br></p>