“A wondrous lucid dream…laced with a vivid sensuality.” \u2014Jacqueline Carey,\u00a0<\/b>New York Times\u00a0<\/i><\/b>bestselling author of\u00a0<\/b>Kushiel’s Dart<\/i><\/b><\/b><\/p>\n
A talented heretic must decide between the pursuit of forbidden magic, or the ecstasy of forbidden love, in the start of a sweeping, romantic epic fantasy trilogy by\u00a0New York Times\u00a0<\/i><\/b>bestselling author Tessa Gratton.<\/b><\/p>\n
Can an empire trip and fall on a mere strand of silk?<\/i><\/p>\n
Iriset is a prodigy and an outlaw. The daughter of a powerful criminal, she dons her alter ego Silk to create magical disguises for those in her father\u2019s organization, but she longs to do more with her talent: to enhance what it means to be human by giving people wings, night-sight, and other abilities; to unlock the possibilities of gender and parenthood; to cure disease and even to end mortality itself.<\/p>\n
Everything changes when her father is captured and sentenced to death. To save him, Iriset must infiltrate the palace and the empire\u2019s fanatical ruling family. There, she realizes she has a chance\u2014and an obligation\u2014to bring down the entire corrupt system. She’ll have to entangle herself in the lives of the emperor and his sister, getting them to trust and even to love her. But love is a two-way street, and Iriset\u2019s own heart holds the most mysterious and impenetrable magic of all.<\/p>\n
\u2605\u00a0“A beautiful, elegant, passionate novel\u2014as intricate and beguiling as a spider’s web. A triumph and a delight from start to finish.”\u00a0<\/b>\u2014Antonia Hodgson, author of\u00a0The Raven Scholar<\/i><\/p>\n
\u2605\u00a0“Expertly balances one of the coolest magic systems of the decade, twists that had me gasping out loud, gloriously messy relationships, and the soaring ambition of the architectural genius at its heart. Immersive, riveting, and sexy as hell.\u201d\u00a0<\/b>\u2014P. H. Low, Locus- and Rhysling-nominated author of\u00a0These Deathless Shores<\/i><\/p>\n