Thorn Season

A$23 · Offered by Harry Hartog Rare Books

With an irresistible cast of characters, an incredible high fantasy world, and a unique, dangerous magic system, THORN SEASON is an epic court romantasy - perfect YA for fans of Leigh Bardugo's Grishaverse. 'Destined to be a romantasy sensation' - Katherine Webber 'Sexy, hilarious and completely addictive. I need more!' - S. F. Williamson ONLY THE SHARPEST WILL SURVIVE "Court is filled with charming vipers," I said, chin lifted. "But charming or not, we are vipers all the same." In the Kingdom of Daradon, a persecuted few are Wielders - able to exert a physical power that extends beyond their visible body: a shimmering tendril that can pick a lock, a gentle coil that reaches out to give a loving caress, or an inexorable rope that will kill a man before he knows it is around his neck. Feared and mistrusted for this ability, Wielders have always been Hunted. Alissa Paine - heiress of a noble lineage, daughter of a Hunter family - is also a Wielder. And as she approaches her eighteenth Season, Alissa knows she has escaped execution so far only through painful self-control, and the fragile efforts of her beloved father. Summoned to the harsh and glittering royal court for the debutante season, Alissa finds herself trapped in a web of hidden intentions - and caught between two equally dangerous men. One is a brutal ruler with the handsome face of a fairytale prince, who would see her destroyed in an instant if the truth were known - and the other a beguiling foreign ambassador wit

• Binding: Hardcover

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