โA charming and mannered fantasy confection with a darker core of gothic romanceโ is how New York Times bestselling author Robin Hobb described Galen Beckettโs marvelous series opener, The Magicians and Mrs. Quent. Now Beckett returns to this world of dazzling magick and refined manners, where one extraordinary womanโs choice will put the fate of a nationโand all she cherishesโinto precarious balance.
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Her courage saved the country of Altania and earned the love of a hero of the realm. Now sensible Ivy Quent wants only to turn her fatherโs sprawling, mysterious house into a proper home. But soon she is swept into fashionable societyโs highest circles of powerโa world that is vital to her familyโs future but replete with perilous temptations.
Yet far greater danger lies beyond the cityโs glittering ballroomsโand Ivy must race to unlock the secrets that lie within the old house on Durrow Street before outlaw magicians and an ancient ravening force plunge Altania into darkness forever.
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