In a brilliant departure from the novels that made Jesse Q. Sutanto a USA Today bestselling author--including Dial A for Aunties--comes the first book in a debut dark fantasy duology, following an assassin, a scholar, a con man, and a guard in a race to rediscover powerful lost magic and save their world...
Mara has no memory of life before her assassin training behind the fortress-like walls of Tchu-Morrokhai, which has been her world since she was five. Practicing discipline and strategy, sacrifice and solitude, she has dedicated herself to resisting the Divine Empress's plans of eradicating the all-but-forgotten magic. She longs for a world once again filled with magic--and freedom and love. And she'll do whatever it takes to find those things.
In the faraway city of Velingard, Livya is the privileged daughter of the revered scientist whose invention of an indestructible new metal was the catalyst for a great revolution. Yet Livya's bored of suitors and balls, more interested in philosophical debates. But when an invite to a secret salon leads to a kidnapping attempt, Livya is suddenly on the run--with the unlikely aid of charming con man Kaian, a once dear childhood friend inexplicably turned frosty stranger.
Captain Fonde has served Velingard faithfully in the twenty years since the revolution, and all has been peaceful... until now, when he's informed that their "indestructible" metal is inexplicably starting to crumble. Ships, bridges, buildings, statues--their entire post-revolution world is literally about to come apart. Could it be that the metal--and therefore the revolution--was flawed all along? Or is there something darker--evil, ancient, inhuman--at play?
With stunning world-building, Jesse Q. Sutanto weaves an epic tale of characters whose lives irrevocably intertwine--and unravel--as paths collide across continents, racing toward an explosive twist that will forever change all of their fates...
About the Author :
Jesse Q. Sutanto is a USA Today bestselling author. She has won an Edgar(R) Award, a Libby Award, an Audies Award, and the Comedy Women in Print Award. She is best known for her novels Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers and the Dial A for Aunties series. The film rights to Dial A for Aunties were acquired by Netflix. Jesse lives in Indonesia with her husband and two daughters.
Feodor Chin, an AudioFile Earphones Award-winning narrator, is an actor classically trained at the American Conservatory Theater and UCLA. His acting career includes numerous credits in film, television, theater, and voice-over.
Sura Siu is a first-generation Asian American voiceover actress who has a passion for breathing life into characters, stories, and the printed word. When not performing, she enjoys playing video games, biking, and meditating. Eric Yang is a stage, screen, and voice actor based in Brooklyn. He has narrated more than 30 audiobooks across a wide range of genres and is particularly adept with character voices and dialects. He is also fluent in Mandarin. As a child, Eric spent countless afternoons lying on the couch, completely absorbed in books: he hopes his audiobook performances can transport listeners in the same way.
