Description
Product ID: | 9781529001389 |
Product Form: | Hardback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Series: | The Chronicles of Castellane |
Title: | Sword Catcher |
Authors: | Author: Cassandra Clare |
Page Count: | 624 |
Subjects: | Adventure / action fiction, Adventure, Fantasy, Fiction: special features, Fantasy, Fiction: special features |
Description: | Select Guide Rating 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 first adult fantasy novel by internationally bestselling author Cassandra Clare. <p><b>DISCOVER THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES FROM THE GLOBAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE SHADOWHUNTER CHRONICLES!</b><br><br><b>Two outcasts find themselves at the centre of world-altering change in <i>Sword Catcher,</i> the start of a riveting epic fantasy series from the internationally bestselling author of The Shadowhunter Chronicles.<br><br>'Everything I look for in fantasy' -</b> George R. R. Martin, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of<b> <i>Game of Thrones</i></b><br><br><b>-----</b><br><br><b>One was raised to rule. One was trained to die. Welcome to the Chronicles of Castellane.</b><br><br>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. As his ‘Sword Catcher,’ he and Conor become 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 ostracised 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.<br><br>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?<br><br><b>Lose yourself in a vibrant world of power, intrigue and magic in this spellbinding epic from an internationally bestselling sensation.</b></p> |
Imprint Name: | Tor |
Publisher Name: | Pan Macmillan |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2023-10-10 |