The Ragpicker King
Reeks: Chronicles of Castellane
Cassandra Clare
- In
- the
- epic
- follow-up
- to
- the
- New
- York
- Times
- bestseller
- Sword
- Catcher,
- praised
- by
- George
- R.
- R.
- Martin
- as
- “everything
- I
- look
- for
- in
- fantasy,”
- Lin
- and
- Kel
- must
- chart
- a
- perilous
- course
- between
- love
- and
- lies.ONE
- OF
- PASTE’S
- MOST
- ANTICIPATED
- BOOKS
- OF
- THE
- YEARKel
- Saren,
- body
- double
- to
- Conor,
- crown
- prince
- of
- the
- dazzling
- city
- of
- Castellane,
- is
- caught
- between
- two
- worlds.
- In
- order
- to
- protect
- his
- beloved
- prince,
- Kel
- must
- find
- the
- culprits
- responsible
- for
- a
- massacre
- at
- the
- royal
- palace—and
- the
- only
- clues
- are
- held
- by
- the
- Ragpicker
- King,
- the
- notorious
- criminal
- who
- rules
- Castellane’s
- underworld.
- The
- trail
- Kel
- follows
- leads
- back
- to
- the
- Hill,
- where
- among
- decadent
- nobles
- and
- glittering
- parties
- a
- dark
- conspiracy
- to
- destroy
- the
- royal
- family
- has
- taken
- hold—a
- conspiracy
- headed
- up
- by
- the
- monstrous
- Artal
- Gremont,
- the
- man
- engaged
- to
- marry
- the
- woman
- Kel
- adores.Meanwhile,
- Lin
- Caster
- must
- face
- the
- aftermath
- of
- the
- greatest
- risk
- she’s
- ever
- taken.
- To
- save
- the
- life
- of
- a
- dying
- friend,
- Lin
- has
- falsely
- claimed
- to
- be
- the
- Goddess
- Reborn,
- the
- legendary
- heroine
- destined
- to
- save
- her
- people.
- Now
- the
- terrifying—but
- strangely
- magnetic—leader
- of
- her
- people
- has
- arrived
- to
- test
- her
- powers.
- The
- price
- of
- failure
- is
- exile,
- and
- only
- through
- her
- alliance
- with
- the
- Ragpicker
- King
- can
- she
- continue
- to
- access
- the
- magic
- that
- may
- save
- her.Then
- Prince
- Conor
- reappears
- in
- her
- life,
- demanding
- that
- she
- use
- her
- healing
- powers
- to
- cure
- the
- madness
- of
- his
- father,
- the
- King.
- Lin
- soon
- realizes
- the
- King
- is
- gripped
- by
- an
- ancient
- and
- terrible
- magic,
- one
- whose
- lure
- she
- cannot
- deny
- any
- more
- than
- she
- can
- deny
- her
- growing
- passion
- for
- Conor.As
- the
- simmering
- tensions
- in
- Castellane
- reach
- a
- fever
- pitch,
- Lin
- and
- Kel
- must
- decide
- who
- to
- trust
- when
- any
- false
- move
- means
- death—or worse.
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