Expert worldbuilding, swordplay, and politics, a colorful cast of characters, and a story that kept me reading from the first page to the last. #1 New York Times bestselling author George R. R. Martin
A gorgeously built world of decadence, betrayal, and grand adventure. From the decadent and drunken parties of the nobles, to the dens of crime lords in the Warren and Maze, to the Sault, where the devotees of a lost goddess are penned, the city of Castellane makes the perfect backdrop for a delightful cast of characters to befriend, betray, and romance one another. This is Cassandra Clare at her cleverest, twistiest and most heart-stopping a triumph of a book. Holly Black, New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Night
Clare plunges us into a thrilling world built with precision and brimming with enchantment. Her spellbinding cast of outlaws, healers, royals, and rogues will have you questioning your allegiances with every delicious turn of the plot. This is fantasy at its finest. Leigh Bardugo, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Hell Bent
Sweeping yet intimate, rich with romance and intrigue, Sword Catcher is Cassandra Clare at her magical best. In pages packed with sumptuous descriptions, Clare gives us a kingdom s worth of characters including Kel the sword catcher, trained to protect his prince at all costs, and Lin, a young physician of an outcast people forced to navigate a web of tangled loyalties between the loved ones they cherish and the powers they serve. This book will break your heart and leave you wanting more! Helene Wecker, New York Times bestselling author of The Golem and the Jinni
A sumptuous feast of a book, vivid and delicious and heady. Cassandra Clare s trademark skills are on full display here: epic worlds, wrenching romances, heart-slamming plot twists, Dickensian characters. I can t wait to visit Castellane again. Kelly Link, bestselling author of White Cat, Black Dog
A charming return to the big fat fantasy novels of happy memory, with a modern character-driven narrative. Vivid and clever. Scott Lynch, bestselling author of the Gentleman Bastard sequence
