Rhy Maresh is king of a city alive with conspiracy. Lila and Kell sail as pirates, living
the freedom of the waves. But Kell is cursed, to never be able to use magic again.
Kosika rules White London. But her magic calls on familiar spirits, even all the way
to Black London. And a young woman with a knack for fixing broken things comes
across a stolen, powerful artefact - one that people will kill to get back...

V.E. Schwab is the No.1 Sunday Times bestselling author of Gallant, the top
-10 Sunday Times bestselling The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, the acclaimed Shades
of Magic trilogy, Vicious and Vengeful and The Near Witch. Her short story, 'First
Kill', from the anthology Vampires Never Get Old, is now a Netflix series. When not
haunting Paris streets or trudging up English hillsides, she lives in Edinburgh,
Scotland, and is usually tucked in the corner of a coffee shop, dreaming up
monsters.