Description: From a dazzling new voice in fantasy comes a mesmerizing tale of treachery, passion, intrigue, betrayal, and an act of pure vengeance that threatens to bring down a kingdom. Seething with decadent appetites unchecked by law or gods, the court of Antyre is ruled by the last of a dissolute aristocracy. But now to the kingdom comes a handsome, enigmatic nobleman, Maledicte, whose perfect manners, enchanting charisma, and brilliant swordplay entice the most jaded tastes . . . and conceal a hunger beyond reckoning. For Maledicte is actually a woman named Miranda- a beautiful thief raised in the city' s vicious slums. And she will do anything- even promise her soul to Black-Winged Ani, the most merciless of Antyre' s exiled gods- to reclaim Janus, the lover whose passion still haunts her dreams. As her machinations strike at the heart of Antyre' s powerful noble houses, Miranda must battle not only her own growing bloodlust, but also her lover' s newly kindled and ruthless ambitions. As Ani' s force grows insatiable and out of control, Miranda has no choice but to wield a weapon that may set her free . . . or forever doom her and everything she holds dear.

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