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Sword Catcher

By: Cassandra Clare
Narrated by: Christian Coulson, Fiona Hardingham
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Publisher's summary

Discover the instant Sunday Times bestseller from the author of The Shadowhunter Chronicles!

Two outcasts find themselves at the centre of world-altering change in Sword Catcher, the start of a riveting epic fantasy series from bestselling author Cassandra Clare.

'Everything I look for in fantasy' -
George R. R. Martin, New York Times bestselling author of Game of Thrones

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One was raised to rule. One was trained to die. Welcome to the Chronicles of Castellane.

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.

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.

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?

Lose yourself in a vibrant world of power, intrigue and magic in this spellbinding epic from an internationally bestselling sensation.

©2023 Cassandra Clare (P)2023 Penguin Random House LLC

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A gorgeously built world of decadence, betrayal, and grand adventure . . . 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, No. 1 New York Times bestselling author of Hell Bent)
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)
Sweeping yet intimate, rich with romance and intrigue, Sword Catcher is Cassandra Clare at her magical best . . . 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 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)
Cassandra Clare is a legend in fantasy . . . be warned you will be obsessed . . . a propulsive, layered, phenomenally imagined start to what promises to be an epic journey (Glamour Magazine)

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Love that Claire spent time on building a plot, portraying the characters and the city they live in. So many other fantasy series I feel is just speedily written to make a profit, not to create something or tell a good story.

Book ended just as things got really interesting. Can’t wait until the next book!

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I picked this book on an impulse and I definitely don’t regret it. I’m very excited for the next book on the series

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