Sword Catcher

<p><em><b>Discover the instant <i>Sunday Times </i>bestseller from the author of the Shadowhunter Chronicles! </b></em><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 by Cassandra Clare. </b><br><br><b>&lsquo;Everything I look for in fantasy&rsquo; &ndash; </b>George R. R. Martin, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>Game of Thrones</i><br><br><b>One was raised to rule. One was trained to die . . . </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&rsquo;s to become Prince Conor Aurelian&rsquo;s body-double, shielding the Prince from all dangers. 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 ostracized for its rare magical abilities. But events pull her and Kel together and into the web of the mysterious Ragpicker King who rules Castellane&rsquo;s criminal underworld.<br><br>Together, they&rsquo;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><br><b>&lsquo;Her spellbinding cast of outlaws, healers, royals, and rogues will have you questioning your allegiances with every delicious turn of the plot&rsquo; &ndash; </b>Leigh Bardugo, <i>Sunday Times </i>bestselling author of <i>Ninth House</i><br><br><b><i>&lsquo;</i></b><b>This is Cassandra Clare at her cleverest, twistiest and most heart-stopping &ndash; a triumph of a book&rsquo;</b> &ndash; Holly Black, No. 1 <i>Sunday Times </i>bestselling author of <i>Book of Night </i><br><br><b>&lsquo;A modern character-driven narrative. Vivid and clever&rsquo; &ndash; </b>Scott Lynch, bestselling author of the Gentleman Bastard sequence</p>