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020 _a9780316312486
_q(trade paperback)
040 _cHSLRC
050 _aFIC .G56on 2022 Book 1
082 _223
_a813/.6
100 _aGillig, Rachel,
_eauthor.
_960860
245 _aOne dark window /
_cRachel Gillig.
250 _aFirst edition.
264 _aNew York, NY :
_bOrbit,
_c2022.
264 _c©2022
300 _a421 pages ;
_c21 cm.
336 _2rdacontent
_atext
_btxt
337 _2rdamedia
_aunmediated
_bn
338 _2rdacarrier
_avolume
_bnc
500 _a"Maiden. Monster. Martyr."--Cover.
500 _aIncludes an excerpt from book two of The shepherd king by Rachel Gillig and from Wild and wicked things by Francesca May (pages 401-421).
500 _a"Elspeth Spindle needs more than luck to stay safe in the eerie, mist-locked kingdom she calls home--she needs a monster. She calls him the Nightmare, an ancient, mercurial spirit trapped in her head. He protects her. He keeps her secrets. But nothing comes for free, especially magic. When Elspeth meets a mysterious highwayman on the forest road, her life takes a drastic turn. Thrust into a world of shadow and deception, she joins a dangerous quest
520 _ato cure the kingdom of the dark magic infecting it. Except the highwayman just so happens to be the King's own nephew, Captain of the Destriers ... and guilty of high treason. He and Elspeth have until Solstice to gather twelve Providence Cards--the keys to the cure. But as the stakes heighten and their undeniable attraction intensifies, Elspeth is forced to face her darkest secret yet: the Nightmare is slowly, darkly, taking over her mind. And she might not be able to stop him"--
_cProvided by publisher
650 _aMagic
_vFiction.
_960861
650 _aKings and rulers
_vFiction.
_960862
650 _aQuests (Expeditions)
_vFiction.
_960863
655 _aFantasy fiction.
_960864
655 _aFantasy fiction.
_960864
655 _aRomance fiction.
_960865
655 _aNovels.
_960866
942 _2lcc
_cBK
999 _c98813
_d98813