{"product_id":"sword-catcher-clare-cassandra-9781529001389","title":"Sword Catcher","description":"\u003cb\u003e‘Everything I look for in fantasy’ – George R. R. Martin\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eTwo outcasts find themselves caught in a web of dangerous magic and dark secrets that could change the world forever . . .\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of the Shadowhunter Chronicles, \u003ci\u003eSword Catcher\u003c\/i\u003e by Cassandra Clare is start of a riveting epic fantasy series with expert worldbuilding, political intrigue and swordplay.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e***\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne was raised to rule. One was trained to die . . .\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the vibrant city-state of Castellane, Kel is an orphan, stolen from his old impoverished life to become Prince Conor Aurelian’s body-double. As his ‘Sword Catcher’, he and Conor will become as close as brothers. Yet Kel lives for one purpose: to die for Conor.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLin Caster is an Ashkar physician, part of a community ostracized for its rare magical abilities. After a failed assassination attempt pulls her and Kel together, they are drawn into the web of the mysterious Ragpicker King, who rules Castellane’s criminal underworld. But as long-kept secrets are uncovered and forbidden attractions blossom, will their discoveries plunge their land into war – and nations into chaos?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e***\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Spellbinding’ – Leigh Bardugo, \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eNinth House\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘A triumph of a book’ – Holly Black, No. 1 \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eBook of Night\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Vivid and clever’ – Scott Lynch, bestselling author of the Gentleman Bastard sequence\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e***\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eContinue the action in \u003ci\u003eThe Ragpicker King\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSword Catcher\u003c\/i\u003e was a top ten Sunday Times bestseller w\/c 5th October 2024.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Broken Binding","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57125380096378,"sku":"9781529001389","price":22.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0650\/6558\/2840\/files\/9781529001389.jpg?v=1785341404","url":"https:\/\/thebrokenbinding.co.uk\/products\/sword-catcher-clare-cassandra-9781529001389","provider":"The Broken Binding","version":"1.0","type":"link"}