The question: “Who was your closest childhood friend?” So between us, it was as though he had spoken out loud. And he knew that I knew how to read these signs. He taught me how to read a person’s thoughts on their face. But he said it with narrowed eyes, the way he sucked on his already hollow cheeks, the way the left side of his lips twitched a little bit down, the movement almost hidden by his beard. He didn’t speak this disappointment when I answered his question. Yet such power carries a great cost, and when the revolution reaches the gates of the palace, Lin must decide how far she is willing to go to claim her birthright – and save her people. When her father refuses to recognise her as heir to the throne, she vows to prove her worth by mastering the forbidden art of bone shard magic. Lin is the emperor's daughter and spends her days trapped in a palace of locked doors and dark secrets. But now his rule is failing, and revolution is sweeping across the Empire's many islands. The emperor's reign has lasted for decades, his mastery of bone shard magic powering the animal-like constructs that maintain law and order.
"It grabs you by the heart and the throat from the first pages and doesn't let go." - Sarah J. "An amazing start to a new trilogy." - Culturess "One of the best debut fantasy novels of the year." - BuzzFeed News The Bone Shard Daughter is an unmissable debut from a major new voice in epic fantasy - a stunning tale of magic, mystery, and revolution in which the former heir to the emperor will fight to reclaim her power and her place on the throne.
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