- The
- follow-up
- to
- the
- fan-favorite
- A
- Conspiracy
- of
- Truths
- “reveals
- the
- author’s
- stunning
- prose,
- beautiful
- worldbuilding,
- and
- emotional
- detail,”
- (Library
- Journal,
- starred
- review)
- and
- serves
- as
- a
- timely
- reminder
- that
- the
- words
- we
- wield
- can
- bring
- destruction—or
- salvation.Three
- years
- ago,
- Yfling
- watched
- his
- master-Chant
- tear
- a
- nation
- apart
- with
- nothing
- but
- the
- words
- on
- his
- tongue.
- Now
- Ylfing
- is
- all
- alone
- in
- a
- new
- realm,
- brokenhearted
- and
- grieving—but
- a
- Chant
- in
- his
- own
- right,
- employed
- as
- a
- translator
- to
- a
- wealthy
- merchant
- of
- luxury
- goods,
- Sterre
- de
- Waeyer.
- But
- Ylfing
- has
- been
- struggling
- to
- come
- to
- terms
- with
- what
- his
- master
- did,
- with
- the
- audiences
- he’s
- been
- alienated
- from,
- and
- with
- the
- stories
- he
- can
- no
- longer
- trust
- himself
- to
- tell.That
- is,
- until
- Ylfing’s
- employer
- finds
- out
- what
- he
- is,
- what
- he
- does,
- and
- what
- he
- knows.
- At
- Sterre’s
- command,
- Ylfing
- begins
- telling
- stories
- once
- more,
- fanning
- the
- city
- into
- a
- mania
- for
- a
- few
- shipments
- of
- an
- exotic
- flower.
- The
- prices
- skyrocket,
- but
- when
- disaster
- looms,
- Ylfing
- must
- face
- what
- he
- has
- done
- and
- decide
- who
- he
- wants
- to
- be:
- a
- man
- who
- walks
- away
- and
- lets
- the
- city
- shatter,
- as
- his
- master
- did?
- Or
- will
- he
- embrace
- the
- power
- of
- stories
- to
- save
- ten
- thousand
- lives?In
- this
- “wise,
- moving,
- and
- captivating
- adventure”
- (Publishers
- Weekly,
- starred
- review),
- a
- young
- storyteller
- must
- embrace
- his
- own
- skills
- and
- discover
- that
- a
- story
- can
- be
- powerful
- enough
- to
- bring
- a
- nation
- to
- its
- knees,
- certainly.
- But
- in
- the
- right
- hands,
- a
- story
- can
- rebuild
- a
- broken
- dam,
- keep
- the
- floodwaters
- back,
- and
- save
- a
- life—or
- thousands
- of lives.
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